The variation of positive expressive speech act: the formal-syntactic and communicative-syntactic aspects

Abstract

The article focuses on the analyses of the formal-syntactic and communicative-syntactic variability of
the speech act of positive expressive in positively-emotive discourse. The variations of positive expressive are based on the grammatical status of the sentences, the number of sentences and their interaction. According to the grammatical status of the sentence, positive expressive may be represented by nominative and complex sentence. The number of sentences may vary from one sentence to some sentences. Usually the usage of some sentences intensifies the expression of speaker’s emotions. The speech act of positive expressive, while represented by some sentences, may be either uninterrupted or interrupted. The interruption may be caused by some elements of non-verbal communication or other types of speech acts. The communicative-syntactic types of positive expressive are based on the communicative types of sentences which can be declarative, interrogative and imperative.