POLITICAL CORRECTNESS AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR DISCOURSE STRATEGY OF POLITENESS REALIZATION

POLITICAL CORRECTNESS AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR DISCOURSE STRATEGY OF POLITENESS REALIZATION

Author:  Belyutina Yu.A.

Affiliation:  Smolensk State University

Abstract:  Linguistic politeness is an effective means for successful cooperation in interpersonal communication. The given article presents political correctness as a helpful instrument for developing communication while dealing with implicitly taboo topics.

Keywords:  political correctness, linguistic politeness, discourse strategies, interpersonal communication

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Pages:  723-725