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Речевой этикет в условиях беларусско-русского двуязычия
Speaking etiquette in the context of Russian-Belarusian bilingualism

Author(s): Ljudmila Chernyshova
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Communication studies, Cognitive linguistics, Descriptive linguistics, Theory of Communication
Published by: Шуменски университет »Епископ Константин Преславски«
Keywords: speaking etiquette; etiquette stereotype; bilingualism; monocultural communication; intercultural communication; symbolic language function

Summary/Abstract: The contemporary language situation in Belarus is characterized by using Russian as the primary way of communication. Based on the examples of some Belarusian etiquette stereotypes the article shows that they signalize of some peculiarities in worldviews, fulfill the symbolic function in communicants’ Russian speech, and improve monocultural communication.

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