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The aim of this research is to gain an insight into the politeness characteristics of Brazilian Portuguese speakers by analyzing how Brazilian students react when receiving compliments. It also aims to investigate how politeness from Brazilian Portuguese speakers differs from politeness of American English speakers when receiving compliments. The population for this research consists of 12 students with intermediate and upper-intermediate levels of EFL from the Cooperative de Trabalho Magna, a private school in Brazil. The study followed a descriptive and interpretive qualitative research method, where 133 answers were analyzed and then contrasted with Chen’s (1993) study of politeness strategies between American English and Chinese speakers. This study shows that, unlike American English speakers, Brazilian Portuguese speakers need to justify and give reasons for the compliment received.  \nKeywords: Brazilian Politeness, Brown and Levinson’s politeness theory, receiving compliments  \n1. Introduction  \nThe advance of technology, with the widespread use of the Internet and social media, has created a dynamic world and increased communication among nations. World globalization has encouraged cultural exchanges; this demands from usa certain commitment to understanding different cultures, flexibility to analyze, and filtering information. In this context, Brown and Levinson’s (1978) politeness theory is still widely used to elucidate human social interaction. Many transformations have occurred in the world, and the desire of belonging to a certain social group reminds us of the importance of preserving self-image.  \nBrazil is a huge country with a mix of cultures, including Europeans, Africans, Asians, and Arabs, as well as native Brazilians. The country is divided into five regions; each region has its own cultural traditions,“…for the specificities of the Brazilian culture are extremely distinct when considering regions, tribes and even organizations”(Moraes et al., 2016, p. 87) . However, Brazilians are well known for the “Jeitinho Brasileiro” which translates into “the Brazilian way” in English, which has been explored by many Brazilian scholars such as Vieira et al. (1982), Massukado-Nakataniet al. (2009) and Moraes et al. (2016) . Brazilians inherit from the Portuguese crown the idea of social castes, with each individual needing to reach a higher status to be appreciated by society. This legacy of the “Jeitinho” reflects on the way Brazilian Portuguese speakers act when receiving a compliment. Oliveira (2016) observes that “reflecting upon Brazilian politeness means invoking certain blindness to faces”(p. 5) . Although culturally unique, Brazilian Portuguese speaker responses to compliments has been barely explored. Moreover, to the best of our knowledge, no study has been done on politeness by reproducing exactly the same questionnaire of Chen’s (1993) seminal paper. Therefore, this paper aims to shed light upon the idea of Brazilian politeness by analyzing how Brazilian students react when receiving compliments in four dif","cbCaijbtzBcmwcPv","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijbtzBcmwcPv","pdf",322579,"English","# Introduction\n# Literature Review\n## Pragmatics\n## Politeness Theory\n## Positive Politeness\n## Negative Politeness\n## Compliments","[{\"question\":\"What is the main research focus of the study?\",\"answer\":\"The study focuses on how Brazilian Portuguese-speaking EFL learners respond to compliments and how these responses differ from those of American English speakers.\"},{\"question\":\"What theoretical framework guides the analysis?\",\"answer\":\"The paper relies on Brown and Levinson’s politeness theory, and contrasts its politeness strategies with related work such as Chen (1993).\"},{\"question\":\"How were the data collected and analyzed?\",\"answer\":\"The population includes 12 intermediate to upper-intermediate EFL learners, and 133 answers are analyzed using a descriptive and interpretive qualitative research method.\"},{\"question\":\"What key finding is reported about Brazilian Portuguese responses?\",\"answer\":\"Unlike American English speakers, Brazilian Portuguese speakers often need to justify the compliment and provide reasons when responding.\"}]","Investigating Responses to Compliments by Brazilian Portuguese Speaking EFL Learners: A Contrastive Analysis - Submitted Version | PDF",1792067928,15]