Semantic and Pragmatic Aspects of Rhetorical Questions in Spanish // The theory of studying spirituality, writing, features of languages of different peoples and generalization of acquired knowledge

Abstract

The development of communicative linguistics as a separate branch of linguistics leads to a growing interest of researchers in issues related to the peculiarities of the implementation and functioning of language units in speech. Rhetorical questions contain semantic, pragmatic and communicative potential, which is realized directly in speech.The relevance of the research is determined by the need for a comprehensive study and in-depth analysis of semantic, pragmatic and communicative features of statements that include rhetorical questions. The fact that it belongs to anthropologically-oriented linguistic research also makes the problem relevant, which makes it possible to study the most effective language behaviour in a particular situation of interpersonal communication.The traditional perception of rhetorical questions explains the previous lack of scientific interest in possible answers to it. Globalization processes involving the contamination of language cultures, democratization of speech, expansion of speech norms, acceleration of communication and increasing the frequency of communicative deviations can modify language communication processes. Further research should address these dynamics and characterize the functioning of certain elements of the communication code.