LINGUISTIC POLITENESS STRATEGIES IN THE DISCOURSE OF ARTIFICIAL BILINGUALS (ON THE EXAMPLE OF A SPEECH ACT OF REFUSAL)

The article deals with the issue of the politeness strategies used by the artificial bilinguals when uttering a speech act of refusal. Linguistic politeness is regarded as an essential part of artificial bilinguals’ pragmatic competence. For the purpose of studying linguistic politeness strategies in the discourse of artificial bilinguals, research on the basis of a written discourse test was carried out. The written discourse test described in the article allows to analyze the politeness strategies used by the artificial bilinguals when uttering a refusal speech act. These strategies are found in the supportive speech acts of refusal. The research revealed that the artificial bilinguals used various politeness strategies when speaking a foreign language.