Abstract
The article deals with the analysis of the “subterfuge strategy”, ten tactics of its implementation in the novel by J. Heller “Catch-22”. The article focuses on the manipulative potential of these tactics and the language means used to carry it out. The “subterfuge” strategy is treated as a direct violation of the norms of interaction and the main principle of cooperation. Its main goal is to conceal the speaker’s true intention in communicative situations of rivalry, hiding the truth, accusation, threat, aggression, reproach, flattery, silencing, protecting one’s own interests and value orientations, misleading, etc . Pragmatically the “subterfuge strategy” incorporates the characteristics of various types of speech actions such as: assertives, directives, expressiives, commissives, orders, demands, etc. All of them convey specific psychological states of the interlocutors. The paper focuses on the implementation of the subterfuge strategy through ten tactics: tactics of ignorance; tactics of expressing open disrespect; tactics of attacking, intimidation (transition to personality); tactics of making aggressive remarks under the guise of a joke and irony; tactics of question-to-question response; tactics of the game on self-esteem; compromising and belittling tactics; tactics of accusation and provoking feelings of guilt; persuasion tactics; tactics of question attack.
Highlights
The purpose of this paper is a “subterfuge strategy” in the novel “Catch 22”, its manipulative characteristics and ten tactics used for their implementation.Intensive studies of communication strategies caused by the manipulative potential of the language attract specialists from various fields of knowledge - psychology, political sciences, cultural studies, sociology, different branches of linguistics, pragmatics, etc.The analysis of the theory of speech influence is contained in the works of V. von Humboldt, A
In the most general sense, the "subterfuge strategy” is a complex phenomenon, consisting of various speech tactics and speech acts and including the application of combined language resources and speech influence methods used in a certain situation of communication
The “subterfuge strategy” based on a speech conflict is always focused on the violation of the norms of interaction and the main principle of cooperation and turns out an inseparable part of a more comprehensive strategy of manipulation
Summary
The purpose of this paper is a “subterfuge strategy” in the novel “Catch 22” (by J.Heller), its manipulative characteristics and ten tactics used for their implementation.Intensive studies of communication strategies caused by the manipulative potential of the language attract specialists from various fields of knowledge - psychology, political sciences, cultural studies, sociology, different branches of linguistics, pragmatics, etc.The analysis of the theory of speech influence is contained in the works of V. von Humboldt, A. The purpose of this paper is a “subterfuge strategy” in the novel “Catch 22” (by J.Heller), its manipulative characteristics and ten tactics used for their implementation. Intensive studies of communication strategies caused by the manipulative potential of the language attract specialists from various fields of knowledge - psychology, political sciences, cultural studies, sociology, different branches of linguistics, pragmatics, etc. The analysis of the theory of speech influence is contained in the works of V. von Humboldt, A. A. Potebnya; was continued in the studies of I. The origins of the Theory of Speech Acts can be found in the works of Yu. D. H. van Eemeren [1], R.
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