LINGUISTIC AND STYLISTIC PECULIARITIES OF “SMALL TALK” AND THEIR ETHNOCULTURAL INTERPRETATION

Kosova Kristina Igorevna

Postgraduate Student, Translation Studies Department,
Volgograd State University
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Prosp. Universitetsky, 100, 400062 Volgograd, Russian Federation


Abstract. The article analyses linguistic and stylistic peculiarities of a phatic genre “small talk”. It reveals topics of phatic communication, defines status, gender, and social differences at the stage of phatic communication of people.

Key words: small talk, phatic communication, interpersonal communication, weather-speak.