Communicative-pragmatic methods and means of representing the speech act of prohibition

Rossolova Oksana Anatolyevna

This paper presents a study of pragmatic ways of representing the prohibition in Russian speech, revealing pragmatic characteristics that influence the formation, development and completion of the communicative situation of prohibition. The principal ways of expressing prohibition in Russian speech are identified, lexical and grammatical means of expressing prohibition are presented, typical structural patterns of prohibitive statements are considered. The socio-psychological nature of the communicative situation of prohibition is examined. The theoretical propositions of the study are confirmed by a thorough analysis of linguistic material containing speech acts of prohibition. The practical significance of the research work lies in the fact that the results of this study can be applied in teaching linguistic-pragmatic disciplines, as well as in the series of discursive disciplines in the university setting.

Keywords:pragmatics, communicative situation, persuasive speech act, speech act of prohibition, direct prohibition, indirect prohibition