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ume and the character of utterances can depend on different factors, which
are dialogue partners' individuality and their certain communicative and
speech strategy and tactics, general speech culture of dialogue partners, for-
mality degree of a certain situation, factor of “a potential listener”, i.e. such a
listener or a spectator, who is present, but does not participate in a dialogue.
The character of utterances is affected by the status of dialogue partners, as
well as so called code of communicants' relations.
Characteristics of the experimental study Introduction to the study. From the point of view of psycholinguis-
tics, a communicative strategy is defined as “a way of organizing verbal be-
havior in accordance with the plan and the integration of a communicant”
[16: 85]. Simulated communication involves three pragmatic levels of inter-
pretation: social, psychological and communicative. The social roles of
communicants influence the choice of a communicative strategy. In the pro-
posed player positions psychological contact is characterized by the degree
of disposition towards communication. Unsymmetrical contacts (teacher-
student) affect the dialogue development, where limitations of choice of tac-
tic forms typical for informal communication and verbal self-expression get
involved. Wider prospect of a dialogue is provided due to the equal social
roles of participants, where understanding of the emotional state of dialogue
partners and cooperation based on the interested perception of information
transmitted, provide certain volume of an act of speech interaction.
The aim of the study is learning the process of language-based inter-
action under the conditions of situations simulated.
Methods of the study. For the purpose of collection and analysis of
linguistic material, the methodology of observation, experiment, and the
method of discourse extracted was used. Controllability of experimental con-
ditions, reproducibility of results and the possibility of manipulating one or
more variables are the most important factors for choosing a method of study.
