Petrenko O. Impoliteness strategies in the discourse of Shakespearean dramas: a cognitive-pragmatic aspect

The thesis focuses on identifying cognitive and pragmatic properties of impoliteness strategies and tactics in the discourse of Shakespearean dramas on the basis of the linguo-cultural behavioral regulative concept-property IMPOLITENESS. Genre properties of impoliteness strategies are outlined. The analysis of data employs linguistic findings of cognitive pragmatics, discursive studies, (im)politeness theory, theory of intersubjectivity, cognitive linguistic studies, historical cognitive studies, as well as Shakespearean and genre studies. The major scientific methods are componential analysis, conceptual modeling, of contextual and intent analysis, genre matching, quantitative analysis. The scientific novelty of the research is determined by the following: conceptual embodiment of discursive impoliteness strategies is outlined; IMPOLITENESS is characterized as a linguo-cultural behavioral regulative concept-property being an anti-concept within the ethical antinomy of POLITENESS / IMPOLITENESS; semantic field organized by lexemes and collocations nominating the concept is compiled; cognitive scheme of IMPOLITENESS is modeled; taxonomy of impoliteness strategies and tactics corresponding to the concept structure is determined; impoliteness strategies are characterized through the range of parameters; genre variations of impoliteness strategies and tactics in Shakespearean comedies and tragedies are revealed. The theoretical significance of the paper is determined by its contribution to the cognitive and pragmatic studies, cognitive linguistics, discursive studies, pragmatic stylistics, (im)politeness theory. The practical value of the obtained results lies in the possibility to apply them in teaching lexicology (Lexical Semantics), theoretical grammar (Pragmatics in a Sentence), history of language (Lexis of Early Modern English), general linguistics (Language and Cognition), in special courses of Theory of Verbal Communication, Discourse Studies, Cognitive Linguistics, as well as in scientific research of (post)graduate students.