Communicative Strategies And Tactics Of Paying Compliments
Table 1: The tactics of paying compliment used by the Russians and Spaniards
| Tactic’s name | Russian compliments, % | Spanish compliments, % |
| The use of intra-group markers in speech | 26 | 16 |
| Using implicit statements | - | 22 |
| Indirect question – provocation | 2 | 13 |
| Establishing status relations | 8 | - |
| Underlining the uniqueness of the individual | 10 | 8 |
| Minus – plus | 3 | - |
| Talk about your feelings | - | 13 |
| The impact of using repetition | 3 | - |
| Comparison with the ideal | 9 | 10 |