Hurzhiy SofiaЗадорожна Наталія2024-08-072024-08-072023Hurzhiy S. Pauses and silences on Talk Radio : Master Thesis : 035 Philology / supervisor N. Zadorizhna. Kyiv, 2023. 93 с.https://ir.library.knu.ua/handle/15071834/4079The master's thesis is devoted to the study of linguistic features of pauses and silence as a component of communication on Talk radio. The work provides a linguistic analysis of modern English discourse. The relevance of the research is defined by the need for the study of both linguistic and pragmatic features of pauses and silence, how they are actualized by the speakers and influence the target audience. The aim of the research is to establish linguistic, structural and functional-pragmatic features of the English-language communities’ way of pausing and silencing and their influence on conversation flow. The object of the research is presented by pauses and silences on Talk Radio. The subject of the research are syntactic devices (long pauses, fillers, restarts, repetitions and redirections) used in oral communication on Talk Radio.uaPausesilencesTalk RadioМагістерська робота