METAPRAGMATICS AND METAPRAGMATIC AWARENESS: MAIN CHARACTERISTICS

Abstract

The article deals with compiling theoretical statements as to the interpretations of the notion of metapragmatics. Special attention is paid at analyzing the phenomenon of metapragmatics on the level of pragmatics of metacommunicative means, discourse-analysis and social linguistics. Main approaches to the interpretation of the metapragmatic awareness are singled out, and its core characteristics are distinguished.