Imperfect Role in Speech Tactics of Will Expression Effect

Abstract

This paper presents the results of studies of the imperfect in the speech tactics of will expression effect (request, persuasion, advice and suggestion). The pragmatic peculiarities of this grammar form were determined. The influence of the speech tactics on imperfect semantics, the influence of the imperfect on the speech tactics and the interaction of the general speech strategy with the speech tactics containing imperfect, used in it, were examined. It is established that in the speech tactics of will expression effect, the imperfect has a different quantity of meanings in various tactics and marginal significations (the irreal imperfect, the imperfect of curtesy, the imperfect of intention) are used more often than prototypical ones. It means the Expositive (colloquial speech) tends to deal with later acquired meanings. Due to the imperfect, the speech tactics of the will expression strategy gets a special flexibility, softness and even carefulness in communication with other people. The socializing becomes more formal and trustful. Thus, the imperfect can be used for recognizing the speaker’s speech goals and even determining his strategy line.