The Prosody of Directive Speech Acts: Pragmastylistic Aspect (On the Material of the Modern German Language)

L.G.  Karandeeva; T.G.  Stanchuliak; S.V.  Popova; V.S.  Suyskaya; I.V.  Shvedova

doi:10.6000/1929-4409.2020.09.249

Authors

L.G. Karandeeva Department of Theory and Practice of Foreign Languages, the Institute of Foreign Languages, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, RUDN University, Moscow, Russia
T.G. Stanchuliak Department of Theory and Practice of Foreign Languages, the Institute of Foreign Languages, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, RUDN University, Moscow, Russia
S.V. Popova Department of Foreign Languages and Teaching Methods, Michurinsk State Agrarian University, Michurinsk, Russia
V.S. Suyskaya Department of Germanic and Linguodidactics, University of the Foreign languages, Moscow City Pedagogical University, Moscow, Russia
I.V. Shvedova Department of Germanic and Linguodidactics, University of the Foreign languages, Moscow City Pedagogical University, Moscow, Russia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-4409.2020.09.249

Keywords:

Phonopragmatics, Prosody, Directive Speech Act, Speech Situation, Phonetic Experiment, Variant, Invariant.

Abstract

The article represents the results of a phonetic experiment devoted to the study of pragmatically, and the stylistically determined manifestation of directive speech acts in the modern German language. The experiment allowed establishing the prosodic invariant of the directive speech act and describing variant patterns realized in diverse situational conditions which demonstrated a different degree of categoricalness and revealed their differential character on the level of prosodic expressive means. The research showed that pragmatic identification and stylistic differentiation of directive speech acts is realized utilizing all prosodic parameters - pitch, intensity and tempo. The complex analysis of pitch, intensity and tempo characteristics specific for situational variants of the directive illocutive allowed defining the level of involvement of these prosodic means in the functional realization of directive speech impact.

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