THE ISSUE OF THE ADDRESSER AND THE ADDRESSEE IN THE ENGLISH PROGRAMMING DISCOURSE

Abstract

The article offers an analysis of the interaction between the addresser and the addressee in the English programming discourse as a type of the so-called institutional or professional discourses. Both interactants are programmers. The research is performed in the context of anthropocentric paradigm in linguistics and is based on the analysis of modern English programming textbooks. It is established that the texts of the English programming discourse, along with a high amount of specific terminology and some programming language items, predominantly logical and consistent presentation of professional information, demonstrate a pronounced interactive nature aimed at ensuring the effectiveness of communication between specialists in this field. The conducted analysis confirms that the personalized manner of writing, various dialogical structures and rhetorical techniques are a typical element of modern English textbooks on programming. It is concluded that the construction of the English programming discourse is influenced not only by the personal experience, knowledge, emotions of the author of the text, but also the specific worldview and professional language culture of programmers as a special professional group, whose members are characterized by high intellectual abilities, perseverance, the desire to create their own world within the computing environment as well as the rejection of obstacles and prohibitions that exist in the real life.