Author: E.V. Troshchenkova
Affiliation: Saint Petersburg State University
Abstract:
The report is about a correlation between value and social role expectations in mental representations of Americans and how this knowledge influences communicative strategies in discussions. The research is based on the analysis of the results obtained in the psycholinguistic experiment as well as on of the readers’ comments to the article in American mass media.
Keywords: mental representations, values, stereotypical role expectations, social roles, psycholinguistic experiment, communicative strategies in discussion