Blurring of Linguo-Cultural Differences in the Institutional Discourse (based on Russian and Vietnamese parliamentary discourse)

The study is carried out to investigate specifics of the influence of the institutional nature of discourse on linguo-cultural differences in politicians’ communicative behaviour. The material of the study, which is Russian and Vietnamese parliamentary discourse, has been analysed using comparative, descriptive, classificatory, quantitative, functional-pragmatic methods. Strategies and tactics of verbal expression of negative evaluation used by Russian and Vietnamese parliamentarians were analysed. The results of the study showed that despite the linguo-cultural differences between Russia and Vietnam, there are substantial similarities in the way negative evaluation is expressed in the parliamentary discourse of the two countries. This indicates the blurring of linguo-cultural differences in the institutional discourse.