Hadiuk R. Verbalization of modal semantics of request in Ukrainian language

The act of request in the Ukrainian linguistic culture is investigated in the paper. It reveals the peculiarities of verbalization of the request by the native speakers of the Ukrainian language in texts of various styles (fiction, formal, colloquial, journalistic, confessional and epistolary styles). The anthropocentric paradigm of modern linguistics determines the relevance of scientific work, the need to learn language as an action and the lack of a comprehensive study of the communicative act of request. In addition, the importance of analyzing the communicative act is evidenced by the wide spread of the genre of dialogue and requests in it in the conditions of modern communication, the need to minimize possible conflicts in the process of communication. And understanding how to make a request in a multicultural, globalized world will provide an opportunity to avoid communication problems. The scientific novelty of the research is in the implementing a multifaceted and integrated approach to the study of the modal semantics of a request for the first time; the object of linguistic research are the units that reflect the semantics of a request in fiction, publicistic, formal, colloquial, epistolary and confessional styles; the verbalization and the strategy of the request are described at different levels of the language and different genres; on the basis of sociolinguistic research, constructions with the semantics of a request were identified and analyzed by the method of questioning; the role of the addressee as the author of the request and the addressee as a potential executor of the request are outlined; the means marking the modality of the request are presented; the act of request as a means of manipulation and suggestion in the communicative process is analyzed. The practical significance of the work lies in the fact that understanding the communicative act of request, its correct use can minimize possible conflicts in the process of communication. In addition, the factual material collected and analyzed in the thesis, theoretical provisions are set out and the conclusions drawn can be used in lecture courses and seminars on the theory of communication and the theory of communicative acts.