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Komunikačná kultúra
Communication Culture

Author(s): Juraj Dolník
Subject(s): Sociolinguistics, Western Slavic Languages, Theory of Communication, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Jazykovedný ústav Ľudovíta Štúra Slovenskej akadémie vied
Keywords: communication culture; cultivating communication; communication formation; communication form; expressive form; Slovak language community;

Summary/Abstract: Traditionally, the Slovak language community pays great attention to language culture, which is well understood by those who know the history of Slovaks. However, the author argues that communication culture is more important in the present living conditions of Slovaks, so the current task of linguistics is its systematic investigation, from which conclusions can be drawn for cultivating communication in the Slovak environment. It lists eight factors that justify the need to focus on this topic, explains the evolutionary origin of human communication and its meaning to better understand this phenomenon, and describes the components of a communication culture. The term communication culture is defined from the semiotic position as an open complex of communication activities of members of the language community, which reproduce and produce communication formations, communication forms and expressive forms with interpretations. This definition also predicts the idea of cultivating language communication.

  • Issue Year: 85/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 8-27
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Slovak