Ovshieva N.L.
TO THE QUESTION ABOUT DIFFERENCES IN UNDERSTANDING OF THE TERM "DISKURS" ^{[№ 11 ' 2004]}
Different views on the term "diskurs": diskurs as a social action and interaction in real social situations; diskurs as a social construct of reality, knowledge form; diskurs as a coherent text, are discovered in this article according to the language description of M.A. Khalliday as simultaneously realized three general functions (or meaning aspects) - interpersonal, containing and textual functions. The language acts as a system of communication through meaning exchange. Exchange forms general unit of diskurs as the language interaction is combined activity.

Ovshieva N.L.
ON STEREOTYPED SPEECH BEHAVIOUR. ^{[№ 6 ' 2002]}
The concern of modern linguists with the issues of stereotyped speech behaviour can be observed in interpretation of the norms of communicative behaviour or models of conventional behaviour in the cultural context. This interest has been caused not only by the linguistsT intent to analyse the socially acceptable behaviour, but also to show how culture may be translated into the style of a speaker, into his or her ways of speaking, into aspects of behavioural competence such as politeness, deference or socially appropriate behaviour, i.e. stereotyped behaviour.