An Experimental Study on the Effect of Age and Gender on the Use of Compliments in Persian | ||
| فصلنامه علمی - پژوهشی زبانشناسی اجتماعی | ||
| Article 7, Volume 1, Issue 2, April 2017, Pages 64-71 PDF (509.66 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| Authors | ||
| A. Sharifi Moghaddam* ; M. Bahreini; V. Abolhassanizadeh | ||
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| Abstract | ||
| Compliments are universal categories which are found in all languages but they are more common in some languages like Persian. The objective of this study is to examine the effect of social variables of “age” and “gender” on the amount of usage of compliments by Persian speakers. To do this, a questionnaire including 15 questions was given to 100 male and female Kermani participants in different age-groups. The research theoretical framework was Brown and Levinson’s (1978) politeness theory. Static analyses indicate that there is significant difference (P< 0.0001) between the usage of compliments by the participants of different ages; in older age-groups they use more compliments to show politeness to their addressees. However, there is no significant difference (P = 0.28) between male and female Persian speakers in using compliments although the structures of compliment representations are different. This point reveals that both gender. Groups use compliments in their verbal interactions to show politeness. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Persian Compliments; Age; Gender; Brown and Levinson’s Politeness Theory; sociolinguistics | ||
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