СRITICISM AS COMMUNICATIVE STRATEGY IN LINGUISTIC DISCOURSE

Abstract

Researchers study scientific communication in Ukrainian linguistics in different aspects. A topical issue is the reference to the communicative aspects of different types of discourse. The article focuses on the determining of tactics within the communicative strategy, which experts qualify as a conflict type of communication. By criticism we mean statements which contain critical comments. The author characterizes different tactics (categorical disagreement, ascertaining of deficiencies, indication on a lack of information, expression of regret and expression of doubt) paying attention to the specificity of their verbalization. Reviewers use mentioned tactics in linguistic discourse, particulary in scientific reviews. A. Y. Bahmut, O. I. Bondar and Yu. O. Karpenko use different tactics to optimize the knowledge of the author of original work in order to identify and eliminate shortcomings. The author’s conception of the reviewed work, structure of the work or certain shortcomings, which need to be fixed, are subjects of criticism. Depending on mistakes, criticism can be strong, categorical or weak. The choice of tactics relates with the intention of the adressant of the review, with the need to clearly point out shortcomings of the work and with the ability to help the adressant with the further work on certain issues.