Foreword

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE..........................................................................................................................1

FOREWORD.................................................................................................2

TABLE OF CONTENTS................................................................................................................3

BAB I DISCUSSION............................................................................................4

A. Congratulating.......................................................................................................4

Definision..................................................................................................4

Generic Structive.................................................................................................................4

Language Feature.............................................................................................5

B. Complimenting.................................................................5

Definision.............................................................................5

Generic Feature..............................................................6

Language Feature........................................................................6

BAB II COVER......................................................................................................8

A. Conclusions ..............................................................................................................8
 BAB 1 DISCUSSION

A. Congratulating
 Definition Congratulating

Congratulating is to congratulate others

 Social function of Congratulating

a. To develop interaction and commucation with others
b. To express our happiness or positive feeling about your secces, and it alsoto maintain good
relationship among friends, classmates, fellow workers, colleagues
c. To respond to someone’s achievement or succes

 Generic structive
When we give congratulations, we may more than one sentence. Look at the following
example congratulation! You are great

(Congratulating). (extension).

The extension can be expression of complimenting In the dialogue, we can conclude

that the structure of Congratulating someone is
1. Giving Congratulations
2. Thanking

 Language feature

These are the exsamples of congratulation expressions and responses

 Congratulating expressions
- Congratulations!
- I’m very happy of you!
- That’s wonderful!
- Good for you!
- Bets of luck!
- Well dowe!
- Fantastic job!
- You must be very happy wit your achievement
- I’d like to congratulate you on your accomplishment!
- Please accept my warmest congratulation
- I must congratulate you on yaur succes!
- Happy birthday
- Happy new year
- Happy Eid Mubarak
- Happy anniversary
 - Let me congratulate you
- I would be the first to congratulate you on...
- I would like congratulate you on
- Please accept my warmest congratulations
- May I congratulate you
- It wa great to hear about...
- Well done

 Congrstulate Responding
- It's very good of you to say so
- Thank you, i can’t forget your help to me
- How nice of you to say so
- I’m glad you think so
- Oh, actually it’s nothing Special
- Oh, I have a lot to learn yet
- Oh, not really
- Oh, nothing to it, actually
- Oh thank's

In congratulating, people may make more than one move, for example “congratulation! You
deserved it, man.” Similarly. In responding congratulating expressions people do not only make one
move, like “than’k you very much.” Usually they also say something else, such as, “this is because
you’re always with me.” Those expressions are called as extended congratulations/responses to
congratulations (Pujian bersayap).

A. Complimenting
 Definition

Complimenting is an expression that is used to provide praise or flattery

 Social function of complimenting

a. To improve relationship between people.

b. To give compliment or encouragement.

- Complimenting someone
- Compliment on sucesses
- Compliments on possessions
- Compliments on skills
- Compliments on appearance
- Compliments on successing
  Generic structive

Your hair is nice. It suits on your face.

Complimenting Extension

a. Noun phrase + is/look + (really) + adjective

Example: Your dress is beautiful

Your dress look beautiful

b. I + (really) + like/ love + noun phrase

Example : I really like your dress

I really love your dress

c. Pronoun + is + (really) + noun phrase

Example : That is really nice painting

That is really beautiful painting

d. You + are + (so/really/very) + adjective

Example : You are so beautiful

You are so beautiful

You are really beautiful

e. What + noun phrase!

Example : What a nice dress!

What a beautiful dress!

f. How + adjective + S + be!

Example : How beautiful she is!

 Language feature

Level of formality

Complimenting/Praise

Responding to compliments

Returning Compliment (optional)

Formal
Informal

· I’d like to compliment you on ...

· I think your (dress) is very nice

· I just love your (hair)

· The (soup) is delicious

· I really like your (hair)

· That’s nice

· That’s neat

· That’s not bad

· Terrific

· Preatty good

· OK!

· All right

· Thank you. It’s nice of you to say so.

· Thank you, but it really isn’t anything special.

· Thank you. Yours is even nicer

· I’m glad to like it.

· Thankyou.

· Thanks.

· It’s nice to hear that from someone with your experience.

· Your is nice, too.

Pattern : Be + Adjective or look + Adjective

That was a funny party

It is a lovely cake

You are beautiful

You look beautiful

 BAB 2 COVER

A. Conclusions

We can learn about the utterances of congratulation and complimenting are often used in public
environments or any environment tha