The Ecology of Communicative Contact in English-Speaking Discourse
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17507/tpls.1201.21Keywords:
communicative contact, discourse, dissonant, ecological, unisonAbstract
The article explores the ecological essence of English-speaking discourse as optimal ratio of phatic and informational content in contacts of addressants and addresees in different spheres of communication. Unison and dissonant contacts are distinguished as ecological and non-ecological communicative contacts. The set of standards and rules of verbal and non-verbal behavior in English society organizes and regulates communicative process. The type of situation and the addressee are leading factors on three stages of contact: establishing, maintaining and breaking. The findings are supported with the examples taken from the English discourse.
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