Dialogic structure of intercultural business communication (as exemplified in letter of thanks and inquiry)

Authors

  • Iryna I. Kavaleuskaya Belarusian State Economic University, 26 Partyzanski Avenue, Minsk 220070, Belarus

Keywords:

letter of thanks, dialogic strategy, intercultural business communication, letter of inquiry, technique of translation, tactic, elementary dialogic cycle

Abstract

The paper deals with the analysis of the dialogic structure of intercultural business communication exemplified in the texts of letter of thanks and letter of inquiry translated from Russian into English. The minimal units of the analysis are described as elementary dialogic cycles. Their varieties and combination patterns are correlated with the genres of business communication and arranged using the translation techniques and tactics associated with the dialogic strategies of desubjectivization, face saving and adaptation of space and time implications to the target culture.

Author Biography

  • Iryna I. Kavaleuskaya, Belarusian State Economic University, 26 Partyzanski Avenue, Minsk 220070, Belarus

    PhD (philology), docent; associate professor at the department of business English department, faculty of international business communication

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Published

2019-08-09

Issue

No. 2 (2019): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philology

Section

Linguistics

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How to Cite

[1]
Kavaleuskaya, I.I. 2019. Dialogic structure of intercultural business communication (as exemplified in letter of thanks and inquiry). Journal of the Belarusian State University. Philology. 2 (Aug. 2019), 48–56.