Communicative Category of Politeness in German Linguoculture

Аннотация

According comprehensive pragmalinguistic and linguoculturological study of politeness in German linguoculture is carried out in the work through the prism of the theory of communicative etiquette and some theories of communicative strategies of politeness,which make it possible to describe the forms and degree of bjectification of explicit politeness and to identify the specifics of implicit politeness in the speech communication of Germans. At the same time, the concept of communicative etiquette is introduced, its components are singled out, and a new typology of this phenomenon is proposed. On the basis of an experimental study, the substantive features of the category of politeness in the German communicative consciousness, as well as the typical features of the national character of the Germans, which are manifested in communication, are clarified.