Means of expression of greetings in the Middle English romances of the 12th – 15th centuries.

Гродський, Ігор Ярославович (2023) Means of expression of greetings in the Middle English romances of the 12th – 15th centuries. Науковий вісник Міжнародного гуманітарного університету (64). pp. 56-59. ISSN 2409-1154

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Abstract

The article seeks to highlight the peculiarities of the functioning of greetings in the Middle English. Greeting is one of the most important ritual signs of speech etiquette, it is defined as a ritual gesture or a speech catchword with the appropriate communicative content, which initiates the process of communication with the interlocutor and symbolizes a friendly and benevolent attitude towards him. Speech formulas of greeting are implemented in a certain language environment, communicative situation or tonality. The system of greetings in the Middle English period is a set of etiquette units that differ in stylistic color and functional load. There are stylistically neutral expressions that are appropriate in any communicative situation, and functionally limited ones, which are determined by certain circumstances of communication. Greetings are analyzed from the standpoint of the theory of politeness. Over the centuries greetings have undergone a semantic and grammatical transformation, as a result their functions in communication have changed significantly. In our article we interpret the greeting as a unit of speech etiquette and as an element in the discursive structure of the dialogue. Each component of the greeting had its own deep meaning and was woven into the canvas of ancient beliefs and concepts. It has been also established the typical greeting characteristics of the Middle English. The research performed results in the identification of greeting’s communicative and pragmatic content, in the definition of non-verbal factors which influence the functioning of speech act, in the definition of the successful conditions and the reasons for additional semantic, stylistic and pragmatic characteristics. It has been established that the greeting occupies a special place in the speech etiquette of the English. The analysis of language data reveals that the linguistic means (specialized and unspecialized) that are used by speakers to express their declaration of greeting; regularity of the choice according to the communicative aim was established and the illocutionary potential of greeting was defined.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: greeting; etiquette; Middle English romance; speech act; a communicative situation; illocutionary force
Subjects: Це архівна тематика Київського університету імені Бориса Грінченка > Статті у наукометричних базах > Index Copernicus
Це архівна тематика Київського університету імені Бориса Грінченка > Статті у журналах > Фахові (входять до переліку фахових, затверджений МОН)
Divisions: Це архівні підрозділи Київського університету імені Бориса Грінченка > Факультет романо-германської філології > Кафедра германської філології
Depositing User: Ігор Гродський
Date Deposited: 26 Apr 2024 12:19
Last Modified: 26 Apr 2024 12:19
URI: https://elibrary.kubg.edu.ua/id/eprint/48820

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