SOME REMARKS TO THE SPEECH ETIQUETTE PROBLEM

  • The authors:
    Nataliia L. Sokolova
  • Pages: 546-556
  • Section: SELECTED TOPICS IN GENERAL AND SPECIFIC LINGUISTICS IN SYNCHRONIC AND DIACHRONIC PERSPECTIVE
  • URL: http://science-ifl.rudn.ru/10784-2021-546-556/
  • DOI:
    10.22363/10784-2021-546-556

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Abstract. The article deals with some questions concerning English speech etiquette. It is devoted to the problem of its structural features and functioning. The dual nature of the units of speech etiquette – their belonging to both speech and language – happens to be the crucial factor in identifying their structural peculiarities and the sphere of their functioning.

Another area that calls for special attention is the approach to speech etiquette and units of speech etiquette from the point of view of the theory of speech acts. The units of speech etiquette analysis by method of the theory of speech acts seems to be very rewarding especially at the levels of psycho- and sociolinguistics.

Keywords: speech etiquette, speech etiquette units, subject group, theory of speech acts, communication, the addresser, the addressee, the illocution, the locution, the perlocution, metacommunication, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, intralinguistics

Nataliia L. Sokolova
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)

Moscow, Russia
e-mail: sokolova-nl@rudn.ru ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0667-5098

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