Denial of 'Excessive Politeness', Rudeness and Black Humor As Problems of Modern Russian Language in Intercultural Communication

Abstract

Issues of politeness and rudeness are often crucial in communication. The work shows a contradictory picture of politeness and rudeness in Russian language, which can lead to misunderstandings and break in communication. Russian culture and mentality has a serious influence in the formation of words, the structure of sentences and the conversation: the choice of topics, metaphors and permissible humour, indicators of benevolence or hostility. When Russians use the English language as a lingua franca, they continue to hold the norms of the Russian language. We are based on theoretical approach of cognitive linguistics A. Wierzbicka and materials of participant observation.