STRATEGIES OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND MITIGATION: THE POTENTIAL OF THE SPEECH ACT OF APOLOGIZING IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF INTERCULTURAL PRAGMATICS

The article considers the linguistic and communicative nature of an apology (a request for forgiveness) as a corrective action that is aimed at preventing or mitigating conflict. By analyzing speech situations from Russian and Austrian culture and their illustrations in literary sources, it...

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Main Author: Renate Rathmayr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Volgograd State University 2020-03-01
Series:Vestnik Volgogradskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta. Seriâ 2. Âzykoznanie
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Online Access:https://l.jvolsu.com/index.php/en/archive-en/603-science-journal-of-volsu-linguistics-2020-vol-19-no-1/mainstream-issue-speech-conflict-and-issues-of-forensic-linguistics/1993-rathmayr-r-strategies-of-conflict-resolution-and-mitigation-the-potential-of-the-speech-act-of-apologizing-in-the-perspective-of-intercultural-pragmatics