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Speech cliches in the communication of Orthodox believers on confessional Internet forums
https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2024-8-114-124
Abstract
The paper reveals the specifics of the functioning of speech cliches in religious Internet communication. The research material used is collective written petitions drawn up on behalf of Orthodox churches, monasteries, orphanages, shelters, etc. and posted on the website of the Russian Birch Charitable Foundation, as well as personal requests for help, authored by participants of Orthodox forums on the sites ABC of Faith, Orthodoxy and Peace, Gazebo, etc. It is shown that in written collective and personal requests for help posted on the Internet, stable standard units are used, correlated with the speech genres “appeal”, “compliment” and “gratitude”. The composition of cliched expressions is determined primarily by the normative recommendations of Orthodox speech etiquette and includes linguistic units that explicate religious semantics. The use of speech formulas, which are common for everyday and business communication, is also noted. The speech genre of “appeal” is presented both in collective letters of petition and in personal requests for help. The speech genre of “compliment” is relevant for letters of petition and is reproduced in them without exception, whereas in personal requests for help it is pushed out by the genre of “gratitude”.
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Olga A. ProkhvatilovaRussian Federation
Olga A. Prokhvatilova, Dr. of Sci. (Philology), professor,
bld. 6, Miusskaya Square, Moscow, 125047.
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For citation: Prokhvatilova O.A. Speech cliches in the communication of Orthodox believers on confessional Internet forums. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2024;(8):114-124. https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2024-8-114-124
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