Abstract:Americans and Buginese have the strategies to respond the compliment which are different from the theory that proposed by linguists. The aims of this research were (1) addressing types of strategies used by the Americans and Buginese to respond the compliments based on gender; and (2) disclosing the effect of complimentary responses in American and Buginese culture. The research data consist of English and Buginese language. Data on English language were taken from the you tube that contained the strategies… Show more
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