Gender-based differences in compliments in the American comedy TV-seribs "ugly betty"

Abstract

    This study examines the differences in compliment behavior in American Englisli between males and females. The data were collected from the ten episodes in the firet season of the American Comedy TV-series "Ugly Betty". The analysis of 167 compliment exchanges showed that there were significant differences between males and females in compliment frequency, topics and hmctions.