Understanding of politeness and Speech etiquette in Persian and Russian cultures
https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2022-8-1-148-159
Abstract
The article is devoted to the problems of intercultural communication in the field of speech etiquette. On the example of communicative failures of Russian and Iranian students, the differences in the etiquette models of Russian and Persian cultures are considered. The article reveals the main provisions of speech etiquette, the basic principles of the theory of Politeness, general and specific characteristics of polite communicative behavior, the features of speech etiquette in Persian linguistic culture and its differences from Russian linguistic culture. Special attention is paid to the “surprised person”, that is, a person who has fallen into a foreign cultural environment for him as an object of study of etiquette inconsistencies of speech etiquette compared systems. The analyzed material is a collection of real stories of ten Iranian students who got into awkward communication situations during their stay in Russia, and the stories of their friends who got into awkward situations in Iran. These situations are associated with the peculiarities of the etiquette behavior of men and women, with everyday etiquette superstitions, etc. The study of the differences between Russian and Persian etiquette is considered useful both from a theoretical and practical point of view.
About the Author
F. Ahmadi Beni
Russian State University for the Humanities
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Fatemeh Ahmadi Beni, postgraduate student
bld. 6, Miusskaya Sq., Moscow, 125047
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Ahmadi Beni F. Understanding of politeness and Speech etiquette in Persian and Russian cultures. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2022;(8-1):148-159. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2022-8-1-148-159
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