The purpose of the present study is to compare the compliment responses (CRs) provided by 60 native Mexican Spanish speakers and 60 Irish English native speakers. Using a discourse completion task, 1080 responses were analyzed based on Herbert’s (1989) and Nelson, El Bakary and Al-Batal’s (1993) taxonomy. Findings suggest the existence of cross-cultural similarities in Irish and Mexican CRs in the frequency of deflecting comments and the mechanisms that are used to redirect the praise force. Second, the two languages differ in important ways. In responding to compliments, Irish recipients are much more likely than Mexican speakers to use a single strategy when formulating CRs. The fndings further show that social factors (social distance, social power, gender, and the topic of the compliment) in both Mexican and Irish society seem to be crucial parameters in the formulation and acceptance or rejection of a compliment.

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墨西哥和爱尔兰恭维回应的比较研究

本研究的目的是比较60位墨西哥西班牙语母语人士和60位爱尔兰英语母语人士所提供的恭维回应（CR）。使用话语完成任务，根据赫伯特（1989）和纳尔逊（Nelson），埃尔巴卡里（El Bakary）和阿尔巴塔尔（Al-Batal）（1993）的分类法，分析了1080个响应。研究结果表明，在爱尔兰和墨西哥的CR中，在偏见评论的频率和重定向称赞力量的机制上存在跨文化相似性。其次，两种语言在重要方​​面有所不同。在回应称赞时，爱尔兰接收者比讲墨西哥话的人更有可能在制定CR时采用单一策略。研究结果进一步表明，社会因素（社会距离，社会力量，性别，