The stereotypical situation of rural communication: features of structural and thematic organization

The aim of the study is to identify the features of the implementation of rural speech stereotypes using the example of communicative situations: "Store", "Pharmacy", "Post office", "Market". The material was the oral speech of residents of Lazovsky and Chernigov regions of Primorsky Krai; audio recordings and manual recordings of informants' speech, received by methods of hidden and included observation. Stereotyped situations that arise regularly in everyday language interaction (in a city, as a rule, among strangers) are characterized by the opposition of two main features: on the one hand, they are official in nature and, on the other, they reveal the influence of the factor of unpreparedness. Unlike the city, an important feature of the communicative environment of the village is the importance of personal acquaintance of residents with each other, which is reflected both in the structural and thematic features of dialogues that regularly arise in the everyday language existence of the villagers. The structural features of rural stereotypes are manifested, first of all, in their composition, as well as in the optional nature of certain micro-situations for situations of the same type. The peculiarities of the structure of stereotypical situations of rural communication do not concern mandatory micro-situations that form the genre-thematic core. There is a certain specificity in the implementation of rural stereotypes: first of all, the frequency of informal communication between sellers and buyers, which is found in the special functioning of language means and indicates a different manifestation of the politeness category in stereotype situations of the same type in rural and urban communication. Solidarity (positive) politeness is characteristic for rural communication, whereas urban communication, as a rule, is characterized by remote (negative) politeness. Dialogues in stereotypical situations of rural communication are characterized by specific poly-thematism. Usually there are two themes that correspond to different types of communication: a topic related to a stereotypical micro-situation, and a topic conditioned by the acquaintance of communicants (usually it concerns the personal life of the speakers and can be implemented in all, even mandatory, micro-situations within one stereotypical situation). Thus, the specifics of the linguistic existence of villagers in stereotyped communication situations is primarily due to the influence of the factor of personal acquaintance. The structure of rural stereotypes differs from the traditional structure of urban stereotypes by special composition and incomplete use of linguistic means that reflect the role subordination of communication participants. However, such features do not affect the traditional micro-dialogs that make up the genre-thematic core of the situation. The topic of communication in rural stereotypical situations is limited not only by the range of topics traditional for formal communication, but also includes a discussion of personal life that can occur even in micro-situations that are part of the core of a stereotypical situation.

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