ELTIN Journal: Journal of English Language Teaching in Indonesia
Vol 11 No 2 (2023): VOLUME 11, ISSUE 2, OCTOBER 2023

COMPLIMENTS AND COMPLIMENT RESPONSES IN YOUTUBE COMMENTS

Nanda Ulfa (Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta)
Sigit Haryanto (Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta)
Titis Setyabudi (Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta)



Article Info

Publish Date
02 Oct 2023

Abstract

This study investigated types of compliments used by netizen and the responses towards the compliments found in YouTube comments. Qualitative descriptive research methods was employed in this study. The data source comes from Youtube Comments on the NFL's web page entitled Rihanna's Full Apple Music Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show. The data was collected by using documentation and then analyzed by using content analysis. The findings revealed that there were three types of compliments found in the comments such as 7 appearances (7), skill / abilities (16) and personalities (2). It can be concluded that ability compliment was the most frequent appearing of compliments types. In addition, the data also showed that there were six compliment strategies found in the comments such as 5 Comment acceptance, 1 reassignment, 2 return, 1 question, 2 disagreements and 1 request interpretation.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

eltin

Publisher

Subject

Education

Description

ELTIN, Journal of English Language Teaching in Indonesia is published twice a year by STKIP Siliwangi, Indonesia. This journal represents the field of English Language Teaching in its widest sense. This journal addresses (applied) linguistics, literary appreciation, language education, and so ...