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Diskursive Syntax als Teil der Angewandten Linguistik
Discursive syntax as part of applied linguistics

Author(s): Olga Kostrova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
Keywords: categories of discursive syntax; reflective discourse, intercultural project; German and Russian culture carrier; structural and communicative sentence types

Summary/Abstract: In contemporary academia, there are no mono-semantic definitions of either applied linguistics or discursive syntax. I analyse how applied linguistics is understood in Russia, Poland and Germany, and present syntax as a part of applied intercultural linguistics. The analysed data are reflective texts by Russian and German participants of the intercultural project “Rilke and Russia” that took place in 2019, in Samara. I consider these texts for reflective discourse appearing as a result of speech acts realised as self-talk. In my analyses, I use methods that are specific for speech acts research on the one hand, and that are typical of syntax on the other. So, I identify the role subjects, their intentionality and the persons addressed. Then, I compare the syntactic means used by Russian and German role subjects and show that these means are influenced by national culture and mentality.

  • Issue Year: 47/2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 103-120
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: German
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