On Features of Discourse and Its Representation in Self-Help Literature
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.51699/pjcle.v2i5.368Keywords:
Self-help, self-improvement, discourse, self-help discourse, self-help literatureAbstract
The term discourse has been one of the debatable topics not only within linguistics, but also within the scope of other fields of science. Linguists including N.D. Arutyunova, E.S. Kubryakova, V.M. Leichik, V.I. Karasik, M.L. Makarov, L.A. Manerko, M. Stubbs, L.S. Beilinson and many others suggested features of discourse. In the article the specific features of discourse have been discussed and analyzed in the works of American social psychologists, who were prominent representatives of self-help literature.