SPEECH ACT WELL-WISHING IN TURKISH COMMUNICATIVE CULTURE

Ilsiyar BATANOVA
PhD student, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) (RUSSIAN FEDERATION), Miklukho-Maklaia str., 10-2 A, Moscow, Russia, 117198
ilsiyarbatanova@yandex.ru

Abstract

In recent decades, an interest in the problems of intercultural communication and the specifics of the communicative behavior of different cultures representatives has increased. In the process of communication, not only information is exchanged, but the interlocutors' relationships are also demonstrated. Politeness is one of the most important components of successful communication, as it allows you to maintain an atmosphere of a mutual understanding during communication and expresses a positive attitude of the interlocutors towards each other. The speech act of well-wishing seems to us as one of the interesting objects of research in a connection with the category of politeness. The speech act, which is the central category in pragmatics, involves the accomplishment of speech action, the purpose of which is a speaker’s influence on a listener. In the Turkish communicative culture, wishes accompany a person from his very birth. Every significant event is followed by well-wishing. The article discusses the well-wishes in the Turkish communicative culture and provides with their classification. The main communicative situations in which well-wishes are used are highlighted. The purpose of the study is to test and clarify classification, based on analyzes of communicative situations where well-wishes are used in the Turkish communicative culture. The study was based on the well-wishes taken from Khalil Ersoylu’s “Well-wishes and Curses in Turkish” dictionary, data was obtained during interviews, as well as using the method of ethnographic observation included. It can be concluded that in Turkish linguistic culture, well-wishes permeate the entire communication system and reflect the values of Turkish culture. The results of the study allowed adding to this list. The results of the study showed that wishes in the Turkish communicative culture take an important place, they are often used in various communicative situations associated with each stage of a person’s life. The wishes in Turkish are determined by a situation in which the participants in the speech process are located. They can relate to the creation of a family, raising children, accompanying various acts of phatic communication — greeting, parting, gratitude, as well as replacing them. It can be concluded that in Turkish linguistic culture, wishes permeate the entire communication system and reflect the values of Turkish culture. The results of the study can be used in the study of cultural linguistics in translation practice.     

Keywords: speech act, wish, intercultural communication, communicators, Turkish language.