Mediated dialogue from the point of view of fuctional linguistics

Abstract

Aim is to consider the interaction of professional diplomats mediated by the electronic media from the point of view of functional linguistics by means of conversational analysis.

Methodology. The analysis of random sample of speeches the official representative of the US White House, J. Psaki and the reactions to them of the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, M.V. Zakharova, by the methods of functional linguistics and modified conversational analysis, was carried out.

Results. It is proved that the conversational analysis of the foreign policy dialogue within the framework of functional linguistics deepened the understanding of the use of various linguistic practices, defined the conversation in interaction as a dynamic process with the possibility of violating the hicet hoc conversation rule and switching stylistic codes. In contrast to discourse-oriented analysis, the approach of conversational analysis to the corpus of "dialogues" (statements – comments to them) tends to focus on the examples that share not only the form, but also the type of action. However, the model of the "dialogue" mediated by the electronic media allows communication by polycode means, including the iconic ones, with some temporary delay. The dynamics of the context development, the meaning of the transmitted replicas, including the implicit, extralinguistic details of interaction, the sequence of replicas-reactions, i.e. the basic characteristics of the communicative aspect of functional linguistics, remain the most important for the mediated dialogue.

Research implications. Theoretical significance consists in confirming and expanding knowledge in the field of functional linguistics to the sphere of foreign policy communication mediated by the electronic media. The principle of displaced agonality is proposed as one of the options for correspondence communication in foreign policy discourse.