Realisation of comforting intention through advice. Cover Image

РЕАЛИЗАЦИЯ ИНТЕНЦИИ УТЕШЕНИЯ ПРИ ПОМОЩИ СОВЕТА.
Realisation of comforting intention through advice.

Lexical -pragmatic study of the Russian , Polish and Czech languages

Author(s): Katarzyna Kondzioła-Pich
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: directive speech act; advice; comforting

Summary/Abstract: The object of the study is comforting as a non-binding directive speech act. The articlediscusses the expression of comforting with the help of the speech act of advice. Theanalysis is based on three Slavic languages: Russian, Polish and Czech. The examples forstudy are excerpted from Internet blogs and fora, as well as other web sources and real life communication. The analysis of the language material shows that utterances with imperatives are the most typical way to express comforting.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 185-192
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Russian