Culture of verbal communication

Culture of verbal communication assumes the choice of language means for the human activities in certain communicative situations.

The verbal culture includes three components: normative, communicative and ethical.

The normative aspect. Verbal norms are established standards of speech behaviour maintained by a society. The norms of the verbal culture are the generally accepted rules of usage of language symbols in the human speech. The language norms regulate the verbal behaviour of a person in a society. There are phonetic, morphological, syntactical, and lexical norms. Standards of a language are the basis of the verbal culture. So, to communicate well in English, you should have a good command of the English language above all!

The communicative aspect of culture of speech controls the ability of an individual to find a precise means for their thought, and also the most appropriate means in certain situations and spheres of communication to fulfill the communicative task. Be aware in what situation you are!

The ethical component of the verbal culture includes the ethics of communication, which is interconnected with the culture of behaviour. Ethics of communication requires from people to observe some rules of verbal and non-verbal behaviour in certain situations.

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