Communicative strategies in the Czech Republic: Reactions to Compliments.

Abstract

The topic of this article are communicative strategies in the Czech Republic based on Czech national cultural characteristic. I am presenting an empirical study based on a research.

The method used was a questionnaire. Five questions were centred on the reaction to compliments.

The informants were asked to write their presumptive verbal reaction. The data were also quantified.

Keywords

• politeness principle
• cultural characteristic of the Czech Republic
• communicative strategy
• accepting compliments
• face-threatening act