All-Russian academic journal
“Issues of Cognitive Linguistics”
Author: L.V. Tsurikova
Abstract:
The paper discusses the cognitive aspects of discourse process focusing on the concept of the socially shared knowledge structures underlying culturally determined discourse behaviour. It is argued that culture-specific differences in the cognitive schemata of the speech events determine the difference in the choice of the interactive strategies and in the repertoires of conventional linguistic means employed for performing these speech events in various languages. The speakers, usually unaware of such a difference in their knowledge structures, subconsciously base their strategic choices on the native hierarchy of beliefs and assumptions in code switching which might result in a communication conflict and even culture clash.
Pages: 5-15