Communication monitoring and politeness in intergenerational discourse
https://doi.org/10.18384/2949-5075-2024-6-41-55
Abstract
Aim. To investigate the linguopragmatic and functional features of politeness in intergenerational communication.
Methodology. Communication monitoring, which plays an important role in the modelling of politeness, is viewed as a tool of social interaction aimed at the speakers' self-control and the regulation of their interlocutors' verbal and non-verbal behaviour. The leading method employed in the research is discourse analysis, the supporting methods include definitional and context analyses.
Results. The role of an adult directed towards socialising children implies the regulation of the child's behaviour. Horizontal monitoring between peers is carried out by means of informal communication not complicated by etiquette formulas. Vertical monitoring is built hierarchically depending on age: older people usually regulate the action of younger ones in the imperative form, without burdening themselves with norms of politeness. The polite or impolite form of communication monitoring can affect the perception and effectiveness of intergenerational communication.
Research implications. The study has identified the functions and types of communication monitoring and determined its role in modelling the process of polite intergenerational discourse.
Supporting agencies: The reported study was funded by RSF, Project 23-18-00238, project “Linguistic mechanisms of social interaction: the category of politeness in vocabulary and discourse”.
About the Authors
O. A. Leontovich
Volgograd State Socio-Pedagogical University; Pushkin State Russian Language Institute
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Olga A. Leontovich - Dr. Sci. (Philology), Prof., Department of Intercultural Communication and Translation, Volgograd State Socio-Pedagogical University; Chief Researcher, Laboratory of Philological Studies Research Department
prospekt imeni V. I. Lenina 27, Volgograd 400005
ulitsa Akademika Volgina 6, Moscow 117485
A. V. Nikitina
Volgograd State Socio-Pedagogical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Anna V. Nikitina - Cand. Sci. (Philology), Assoc. Prof., Department of Intercultural Communication and Translation
prospekt imeni V. I. Lenina 27, Volgograd 400005
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