SILENCE AS A HARMONISING ELEMENT IN INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION

• Published in: Гуманитарные и юридические исследования
• Main Author: S. V. Serebriakova
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: North-Caucasus Federal University 2021-09-01
• Subjects: психологизм; молчание; семантика и прагматика молчания; межличностные отношения; гармонизация; модель поведения; psychological insight; silence; semantics and pragmatics of silence; interpersonal relations; harmonization; behavior pattern
• Online Access: https://humanitieslaw.ncfu.ru/jour/article/view/653
• ISSN: 2409-1030

The article studies silence phenomenon as a means of regulating and tuning interpersonal relations with the reference to a story by a modern German writer Judith Hermann. Communicative pragmatic relevance of silence as a means of overcoming psychological discomfort of characters is stated; the pragmatics of choosing different behavior patterns in order to overcome conflict is claimed. It is specified that deliberate continuous silence is the main to avoid overt interpersonal confrontation, bring in harmony in relations and save them on the whole.