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LANGUAGE FEATURES OF SPEECH CLICHES IN ENGLISH AND TURKISH EVERYDAY SPEECH

O.Shemshurenko

Abstract

In the vocabulary of each language, there are such expressions that are actively used in communicating people in the form of generally accepted formulas for expressing greetings, farewells, gratitude, etc., and are of a traditional nature. Most of the works on speech clichГ©s are based on the analogy of stable complexes of a single language. Comparative studies of the funds of speech clichГ©s of different languages exist, but, as experience shows, the material of the stock of speech clichГ©s of one language is insufficient to draw reliable conclusions about the essential linguistic features of speech clichГ©s. This led to the goal of writing this work. In order to identify the basic semantic and syntactic types of data of stable complexes on the material of Turkish and English languages, we used the methods of structural-semantic, component and contextual analysis to determine a complete list of speech clichГ©s in two languages and develop a common classification for these languages. In order to identify isomorphic and allomorphic structural and semantic features of speech clichГ©s, we conducted an experimental study aimed at determining the level of perception of English language clichГ©s by Turkish-speaking students of the Institute of Philology and Intercultural Communication of the Kazan Federal University. Turkish-speaking students who are beginning to learn English were asked to determine the meaning of an English stable complex, relying on the linguistic concepts of their native language. The usage of the method of mathematical statistics allowed us to present the results of this experiment in this paper. The results of the study show that in English and Turkish there is a complex of types of speech clichГ©s, different ways of their formation. Structural-semantic types of speech clichГ©s are revealed, which are similar and different in the languages studied. Among the most common semantic subgroups were clichГ©s of will expression, wishes, congratulations and toasts, condolence formulas, orders, bans, permits, appeals and motivations for action, warnings and advice, threats, requests and entreaties. An experimental study conducted among foreign students studying English allowed us to refine and supplement this classification, as well as to determine the level of influence of the native language in understanding the meaning of speech clichГ©s. The results of the research can be useful for teachers when teaching English and Turkish, translators, teachers of translation and students of tourism education.

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