Соціолінгвістичні, функціональні та комунікативно-прагматичні ознаки висловлювань-вибачень (на матеріалі англійського діалогічного мовлення)

Abstract

The article highlights apologies from the viewpoint of their relation to the metapragmatic concept of “politeness”, their main verbal strategies, functions, logic-and-pithy structure and situations of actualization. According to their pragmatic aim apologies rigidly correlate with the logic-and-pithy structure and speech situation Types o f contexts, interlocutors ’ relations and offences that prompt apologies are different in the eyes of the people with diverse social characteristics. The degree of the apologies emotional tension depends on the speaker’s psychological traitc and the comprehension of his guilt.