A DESCRIPTION OF SPEECH ACTS OF DISAPPROVAL IN THE RUSSIAN AND AMERICAN LINGUISTIC CULTURES
The article focuses on the classifications of speech acts in order to define specific national characteristics of speech acts of disapproval in the Russian and American linguistic cultures. The speech acts are analyzed in terms of their illocution, functions, perlocutionary effect, wording, communicators’ relationships, and cross-cultural differences in the use of certain speech acts. The research further aims to assist teachers in devising a methodology for teaching English-speaking students to express disapproval politely in the Russian language. Another objective is to establish the framework for the further comparative studies on the speech acts of disapproval used by the Russian and English language speakers.