THE EXCUSE TACTICS AS A COOPERATIVE TACTICS IN THE COMMUNICATIVE SITUATION OF ACCUSATION/EXCUSE

Abstract

The article deals with the analysis of the cooperative potential of the excuse tactics in the communicative situation of accusation/excuse as a special type of conflict interaction. An attempt is made to differentiate the tactics of excuse in the system of the illocutionary adjacent tactics, allocated on the basis of the common intent content – the improvement of the interlocutor’s emotional state and making the conversation cooperative.