Congratulation and

complementing others

By Risa Fairus
Congratulating

1 Expression of congratulation is expression that is used to

congratulate someone when he or she has achieved
Congratulating something.

Every text of expression has function, structure, and also

language features to guide us to build a good text. Before we
create a certain text, it's better for us to understand those items
and try to follow the rules one by one.
1. Social Function is to congratulate someone
about his/her achievement. The achievement is
not only about winning something but also in
other kind of condition, like graduating from
a certain education, celebrating something,
and getting something new.

2. Generic Structure or structure text of congratu-

lation has the same structure like other
expressions. We'll find only two structures in
expression,
they are:
Expressions
The beginning of expression (in this case, in the dialogue).

For example: Congratulations on your winning, Rea!

Responses
Response is the feed back of expression.
The feed back can be positive (accepting the expression) or
negative (declining the expression).

For example: Thank you, Megan. You're so kind

3. Language Features

The using of the word "Congratulation!" to congratulate people.

The using of adjective, for example: awesome,
great, nice, fantastic, and many others.
 Social Function

The social function of compliment is an expression

Complimenting used to express our praise to someone. It is used by

us everytime we find something good of someone to
make him or her happy and improve his or her
Other performance.

Complementing is an Generic Structure

expression of praise The structure of compliment expression is:
given by someone to
someone else to Expression
appreciate something. The beginning of expression (in this case, in the
dialogue).
For example: How beautiful your new hair is!
Response
The feed back of the expression.
For example: Thank you for saying so.
Language Features

The use of adjective, for example:

beautiful, nice, clever, smart, amaz-
ing, and many others.
Thank you