COMMUNICATIVE STRATEGIES OF DISJUNCTIVE QUESTIONS IN BUSINESS INTERVIEW OF WOMEN AND MEN

Abstract

The article deals with the linguopragmatic characteristics of disjunctive questions in a business interview in the light of their gender aspects. It examines communication strategies of disjunctive questions in business interviews held by business community representatives, native speakers of two national variants of the English language: British and American. It also investigates male and female types of speech behaviour and basic characteristics of a business interview. The article focuses on historically conditioned interpenetration and assimilation of the American and British variants of English, reveals the differences in the use of communication strategies in British and American English.