Pragmalinguistic and Stylistic Analysis of Greetings in Russian Language Cover Image

Pragmalingvistička i stilistička analiza pozdrava prilikom susreta u ruskom jeziku
Pragmalinguistic and Stylistic Analysis of Greetings in Russian Language

Author(s): Linda Prugo- Babić
Subject(s): Pragmatics, Eastern Slavic Languages
Published by: Institut za bosanski jezik i književnost u Tuzli
Keywords: pragmalinguistics; speech acts; politeness theory; greetings; Russian Language;

Summary/Abstract: This paper provides an overview of formal and informal greetings. The research was done on the basis of corpus in the Russian Language. Greetings arc speech acts which serve to preserve the positive face of the interlocutor. Highly conventionalized, with a marked phatic function, they serve as a signal to open the conversation and as an invitation to dialogue.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 29-51
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Bosnian