Ideas about private space boundaries and tact in Russian communicative culture: results of a sociolinguistic experiment
... describing a national communicative culture.
This study focuses on the tactless question as a typical way of violating private space boundaries. The survey questionnaire was based on interviewee behaviour observations, with one interviewee labelling the interviewer's questions tactless or indecent. It was established that the presence of an immediate addressee and a mass audience sets the parameters for evaluating public statements in terms of their acceptability or face-threatening potential.
This ...
On economic well-being and current measures to support small businesses in agriculture in the Kaliningrad region
... and non-financial instruments. At the same time, it is necessary to assess not only support measures, but also the economic well-being of local agricultural entrepreneurs in a dynamically changing economic environment. With the help of expert interviews with local entrepreneurs, key problems faced by local producers were identified and certain practical tools were proposed that can provide a solution to some of these problems. One of the main conclusions of this study is the assurance that ...
