The Recipient and the Act of Addressing in Slovak. Cover Image

Adresát a adresácia v slovenčine
The Recipient and the Act of Addressing in Slovak.

Author(s): Jana Sokolová, Augustín Sokol
Subject(s): Language studies, Sociolinguistics
Published by: Slavistický ústav Jána Stanislava Slovenskej akadémie vied
Keywords: Speaker; Recipient; Addressing; Communicative function; Speech act;

Summary/Abstract: This study focuses on the concept of the recipient in terms of (a) his/her intended and real semantic-pragmatic and communicative role, (b) language means used in addressing with illocution toward the recipient and (c) verification of communicative circumstances used in connection with the recipient in the speech acts according to the illocutionary functions because we build on the fact that a speech act is the most essential element of interaction. Our default metho¬dological basis is the understanding of the dual – linguistic and communicative-pragmatic – status of the recipient, resulting in the systemic and functional approach. We will only explore Slovak. The material database will consist of the documents from the Slovak National Corpus because these documents are a representative sample capturing the speech used in different areas of communication. Our approach will be based on the verification of theoretical findings through discursive realizations.

  • Issue Year: 55/2020
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 257-268
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Slovak