Speech acts and speech genres: the case of the compliment
... 'speech genre' serve as synonyms. When a compliment is part of a complex utterance consisting of several different speech acts, 'speech act' and 'speech genre' refer to disparate concepts. This article examines cases of compliment usage as an independent act (speech genre) and within other speech genres, such as requests, gratitude expressions, consolations and condemnations, where a compliment amplifies or mitigates the speaker's intention.
Alpatov, V. M., 2002. The problem of speech genres in the works ...
Speech aggression as a means of preserving and promoting the Neo-pagan worldview: the case of Rodnoverie
... Internet. To achieve this, a comprehensive methodology is employed, incorporating both functional-semantic and pragma-semantic approaches. The study identifies the motives and conditions under which verbal aggression tends to arise in online discourse. Key speech acts that manifest this aggression—such as insults, rude demands, reproach, accusations, mockery, negative evaluations, and ill-wishing—are analysed, with hypotheses offered regarding their function and frequency. Furthermore, the study elucidates ...
Verbal charm as a special class of performative speech acts in Russian linguoculture
The phenomenon of verbal charms in Russian linguoculture is examined through the lens of speech act theory, one of the key directions of contemporary pragmalinguistics. The relevance of the study is determined by the need for an in-depth investigation of culturally conditioned speech genres functioning within sacred discourse, as well as their role ...
Verbalization of communicative strategies in foreign policy discourse: a case study of the Russian President’s addresses to the international audience
... political function?
Polity: analysis. Chronicle. Forecast
, 3, pp. 31—49,
http://doi.org/10.30570/2078-5089-
2018-90-3-31-49 (in Russ.).
political discourse, communicative strategies and tactics, subjects of communication, communicative move, speech act theory
189-207
10.5922/2225-5346-2025-2-11
