ABSTRACT This research focuses on the compliments used by the characters in the film entitled Music and Lyrics. This research is conducted to describe the types of topics of compliment employed by the characters in the film entitled Music and Lyrics, the functions of each type of topics of compliment responses expressed by the addressees in the film. This research is a descriptive qualitative research. This research uses a socio-pragmatics approach. The sampling technique used in this research is purposive sampling. Conversations containing compliments and compliment responses are taken as data. Based on the data analysis, the researcher draws conclusion as follows: There are four types of topics of compliment employed by the characters in the film entitled Music and Lyrics, namely personal appearance, possession, general ability, and specific-act ability. There are six functions of compliment employed by the characters in the film entitled Music and Lyrics, namely: to affirm solidarity, to create or maintain rapport, to express admiration or approval, to encourage, to express positive evaluation, and to strengthen or to replace other speech act formulas. Each type of topics of compliment has its own function which is appropriate with its context.
