Pragmalinguistic analysis of depreciative empatives (based on the material of the Russian and French languages)

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Doklady Bashkirskogo Universiteta. 2023. Volume 8. No. 3. pp. 93-99.

Authors

Ben Shushan A. A.*
Ufa University of Science and Technology
32 Zaki Validi Street, 450076 Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia

Abstract

The paper considers the devaluing speech behavior of the reacting addressee in the process of empathic communication. The subjects of the study are depreciation illocutionary types of verbal empathy in the sphere of empathy. The aim of the study is to present depreciation as one of the mechanisms of empathic communication. A pragmatic analysis of direct and indirect forms of depreciation within the framework of an empathic message is described. The hybrid nature of the illocutionary force of devaluing speech acts, as well as the ways of their linguistic manifestation, is revealed.

Keywords

  • verbal empathy
  • depreciation
  • illocutionary type
  • hybridity of illocutionary force
  • directly and indirectly expressed depreciation
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