THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL PREREQUISITES OF THE MANIFESTATIONS OF CRITICAL ATTITUDE IN INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION

Abstract

The aim of the present paper is to examine the manifestations of the critical attitude in the process of interpersonal communication. Recently within the frames of pragmatic research the emphasis has been laid on the speaker, on his/her social behavior, psychological disposition. Verbal communication is seen as part of person’s social life, not being detached from the latter. Discourse analysis includes a wide range of contextual cues where such factors as the speakers’ previous communicative experience, the social and psychological prerequisites of communication are of great importance. The investigation of the verbal manifestations of criticizing has become one of the important issues in pragmatics. The analysis of the aforementioned manifestations emphasizes the importance of politeness in speech behaviour. The use of the strategies of linguistic politeness is seen as an effective tool which impedes the impending verbal conflict.