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POLITENESS IN MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY: STUMBLING BLOCKS

Gayane Rubenovna Vlasyan
Chelyabinsk State University

Irina Vladimirovna Kozhukhova
Chelyabinsk State University


Submitted: February 1, 2016
Abstract. Study of the main principles of politeness in cross-cultural communication enables to avoid misunderstanding and ambiguity thus providing effective communication. The phenomenon of politeness is universal and at the same time is culture-specific. The article discusses some frequent ways of minimizing communicative pressure and describes the main stumbling blocks to effective communication amongst whish are language, non-verbal communication, preconceptions, anxiety, tendency to a quick evaluation.
Key words and phrases:
вежливость
успешная кросс-культурная коммуникация
культурно-специфичные ценности
коммуникативная стратегия
Максимы
иллокутивный акт
дистанция
politeness
successful cross-cultural communication
culture-specific values
communication strategy
Maxims
illocutionary act
spatial distance
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