DOI 10.51955/23121327_2022_1_156

Elena E. Bylina

Abstract. The article is devoted to the analysis of the speech tactics of promise in modern English detective discourse. The research has been carried out using examples taken from the latest novel “Origin” by the contemporary American writer Dan Brown. The study has been performed using the conceptual apparatus of pragmatics.

The plots of D. Brown’s novels are built on the principle of contrast, the latter appears to be an idiosyncratic dominant of the author, this feature is also characteristic of “Origin”. In addition, detective discourse is potentially conflict, which follows from its genre-forming features, which are distinguished by bipolarity. Conflict situations are created by the author in order to develop intrigue, which is made by a plurality of “false traces” and the presence of several “innocent suspects”.

Among the possible types of conflicts, there are latent conflicts, their participants do not go over to open confrontation. Conflicts in detective discourse, in which there is a promise, we identify as the type of latent speech conflicts.

Our analysis showed that the speech tactics of promise in the detective novel analyzed is used in a speech strategy of provoking the addressee to certain actions, a strategy of maintaining good relations, as well as in the discourse of reaction. The speech tactics of promise is effective in transforming potentially conflicting interactions into cooperative ones.

Key words: detective discourse, speech tactics of promise, insincere promise, speech strategy, cooperative strategies, non-cooperative strategies, Cooperation Principle, Politeness Principle, manipulation, conflict.

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DOI 10.51955/23121327_2022_1_129

Anna V. Boyarkina

Abstract. The article is devoted to the development of a new diplomatic course of the Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The purpose of the article is to show the evolution of the new foreign policy doctrine of the PRC – Major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics. This idea is being implemented by President Xi Jinping after the 18^th National Congress of the CPC, held in 2012, which marked a new period in the development of China’s foreign policy and diplomacy. The theory of Major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics is mainly founded on the legacy of Chinese culture and traditional concepts.

This study is based on the theoretical approach of the Chinese School of International Relations. The subject of the study is the diplomacy of a great power with Chinese characteristics for a new era. Consideration of each large-scale concept or idea will allow a multifaceted description of the new course of Xi’s foreign policy since his coming to power and to the present.

It is concluded that the conceptual foundations of Chinese foreign policy in the new era are global, transcontinental cornerstone points that transform the system of international relations of a new type. In a broader sense, these concepts are seen as China’s contribution to international relations theory. A distinctive feature of Major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics in the new era is its targeted content for each region of the world.

Key words: China, Major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics, Community with a shared future for mankind, New type of international relations, Belt and Road Initiative.

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DOI 10.51955/2312-1327_2021_1_159

Maria M. Sisenkova

The article is devoted to modern studies of the PRC party system. Chinese scholars focus on four aspects: the study of the theoretical sources of the Chinese party system from the point of view of the Marxist-Leninist classics, traditional Chinese culture, political philosophy, etc; analysis of political, historical and other factors that form the party system in China, as well as trends in its development; building a real picture from the point of view of intra-party relations, inter-party relations, party-state relations, party-social relations and party-world relations; study of future development from the point of view of the theory of party systems, the system of the rule of law, the trend of cultural development.

Key words: Chinese Communist Party, Chinese party system in the new era, theory of political parties, party building, political development.

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UDC 321 BBK 66.3(4/8)

Barinkova A. V., Kremnyov E. V.

The article discusses the basic typology of party system and analyses the party system of China. Particular attention is paid to the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference as a special body of multi-party cooperation and political consultation.

Key words: party system; one-party system; multiparty system; multi-party cooperation and political consultation; Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.

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