摘要：While there has been a considerable amount of literature which has been published on compliment responses (CRs), studies of this kind are usually based on CRs strategies of a particular language or cross cultural similarities and differences between languages. However, there is an increasing concern of the effects of second language (L2) on CRs strategies in native language (L1). The purpose of this study is to widen the scope of compliment speech act studies by examining variations in the use of CRs strategies among a group of English Language teachers and Turkish teachers who do not know English, in their workplaces and by identifying if there is an effect of L2 on their responses to compliments in Turkish. The participants of the study were consisted of 30 English teachers and 30 Turkish teachers who do not know English. All of the participants were Turkish. Turkish teachers who do not know English were experts in different fields such as history, geography and mathematics. The data included short responses of the participants collected through the use of a discourse completion task with 8 situational settings about physical appearance (hair style and beatiful eyes), personality (interpersonal skills), skill/work (cooking, writing a lesson plan, and teaching ability) and possessions (brand new car and smart clothes). The analysis of the data were yielded by the responses to the discourse completion test was done by using descriptive statistics under the framework of Holmes taxonomy of CRs. The results of the study show that there might be a transfer from second language (L2) to CRs in native language (L1) in a particular working place.
