Collocations of the Lexico-Semantic Field “Moving Forward”: Linguopragmatic Approach

Abstract

Collocations play an important role in meetings and business negotiations of English-speaking companies, as they allow for concise and clear communication of information. The aim of this study is to investigate the speech influence of collocations in New Zealand business discourse. The article uses the methods of continuous sampling, component and linguopragmatic analysis. Examples of collocations from transcripts of meetings and negotiations of the New Zealand branches of the international companies Unilever, FBU were studied. Particular attention is paid to the study of the types of speech influence of collocations of the lexico-semantic field "moving forward" in business discourse. The five most common types of speech influence of collocations of the lexico-semantic field "moving forward" have been identified: informing, social influence, simulated dialogue, evaluation and emotional influence. The tendency for collocations to belong simultaneously to several types of speech influence in business discourse has also been revealed. The obtained results contribute to the development of the theory of linguopragmatics, especially speech influence.