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ments tended to be adjectival (e.g. ‘You look great’). A major difference between Egyptian and American compliments was that Egyptian compliments tended to be longer and contained more comparatives and metaphors than the US compliments (e.g. shaklak a ariis innaharda [‘You look like a bridegroom today’] ). Both Egyptians and Americans complimented the attributes of physical appear-ance, personality traits, and skills/work. Because these are attributes complimented in both Arabic-speaking and English-speaking countries (see Holmes and Brown 1987; Holmes 1988 for studies on New Zealand compliments) these were the qualities complimented in this study.
DOI link for ments tended to be adjectival (e.g. ‘You look great’). A major difference between Egyptian and American compliments was that Egyptian compliments tended to be longer and contained more comparatives and metaphors than the US compliments (e.g. shaklak a ariis innaharda [‘You look like a bridegroom today’] ). Both Egyptians and Americans complimented the attributes of physical appear-ance, personality traits, and skills/work. Because these are attributes complimented in both Arabic-speaking and English-speaking countries (see Holmes and Brown 1987; Holmes 1988 for studies on New Zealand compliments) these were the qualities complimented in this study.
ments tended to be adjectival (e.g. ‘You look great’). A major difference between Egyptian and American compliments was that Egyptian compliments tended to be longer and contained more comparatives and metaphors than the US compliments (e.g. shaklak a ariis innaharda [‘You look like a bridegroom today’] ). Both Egyptians and Americans complimented the attributes of physical appear-ance, personality traits, and skills/work. Because these are attributes complimented in both Arabic-speaking and English-speaking countries (see Holmes and Brown 1987; Holmes 1988 for studies on New Zealand compliments) these were the qualities complimented in this study.
ABSTRACT
ments tended to be adjectival (e.g. ‘You look great’). A major difference between Egyptian and American compliments was that Egyptian compliments tended to be longer and contained more comparatives and metaphors than the US compliments (e.g. shaklak aariis innaharda [‘You look like a bridegroom today’] ).