Communicative Tolerance as a Psychological Phenomenon

Abstract

The aim of our research is to show elements of communicative tolerance, to emphasize the actuality of this problem, to introduce communicative tolerance as a psychological phenomenon, which is especially interested in Psycholinguistics and Sociolinguistics. Methods of the research. The following theoretical methods of the research were used to solve the tasks formulated in the article: a categorical method, structural and functional methods, the methods of the analysis, systematization, modeling and generalization. The method of organizing empirical research was used as an experimental method. The results of the research. We proved that communicative tolerant speech was a means of communication in its form, it was directly related to the mental characteristics and states of the individual (as a manifestation of different feelings: moods, emotions, euphoria, anxiety, frustration, etc.; as a manifestation of the person’s attention: concentration, inattention; as a manifestation of will, determination, confusion, composure; as a manifestation of thinking: doubts, confidence; as a manifestation of imagination: dreams, creative thoughts). Conclusions. In our research we proved that speech behavior was caused by the following social factors: culture, national characteristics, ethics, education and interpersonal communication, which in the process of internalization have become internal components of mental structures. At the same time, the external manifestations of psychophysiological processes of communicative tolerance in human speech behavior are expressed from the phonetic side of speech (as vibration of the person’s voice, timbre modulation, increased tempo, speed of speech reactions).