The speech act of invitation in the American and Russian communicative cultures (results of an empirical research)

Abstract

This paper deals with the features of the speech act of Invitation in the American and Russian communicative cultures. Based on an empirical research, it compares the communication strategies and the linguistic means Americans and Russians use when making an invitation.

Keywords

• речевой акт
• приглашение
• коммуникативные стратегии
• вежливость дистанцирования