COMPLIMENTS AND THE RESPONSES IN TERMS OF GENDER DIFFERENCES BY THE MAIN CHARACTERS IN KILLERS MOVIE
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- The title of this thesis is Compliments and The Responses in Terms of Gender Differences by Some Characters in Killers Movie. This study was aimed toanalyzedthetopics of compliments, the types of compliment responses and why they were used by some characters’ utterancesin Killers movie. The data of this study were taken from the utterances by some characters in Killers movie deals with the compliments and compliment responses. The writer applied the theory from Manes & Wolfson (1981) about the topics of compliment and the theory from Herbert about the types of compliment responses (1990). Manes & Wolfson divided the topics of compliments in two categories they are (1) Compliment on Appearance, which are divided into two types, they are Personal Appearance and Possession (2) Compliment on Skills/Abilities which are divided into two types, General Ability and Specific-Act Ability. The types of compliment responses are (1) Appreciation Token, (2) Comment Acceptance, (3) Praise Upgrade, (4) Comment History, (5) Reassignment, (6) Return, (7) Scale Down, (8) Question, (9) Disagreement, (10) Qualification, (11) No Acknowledgment, (12) Request Interpretation. There were 41 utterances ofsome characters in Killers movie that indicate the topics of compliments and the dominant one isskills/abilities. There are 27 utterances that indicate the types of compliment responses, 8of which dealt with Appreciation Token, 2with Comment Acceptance, 1with Return, Question and Qualification, and 9 with No Acknowledgement.