The Choice Theory in Linguistic Studies

Abstract

The research proves the hypothesis that communication is performed through making linguistic choices by a discursive personality. The choice theory in linguistic studies is understood as the process of selecting the appropriate language resources for communicative conditions and optimal implementation of the addresser's communicative goals. The communicators’ psychological characteristics include the general values which an individual transmits into society. Consequently, values create a group bond at an abstract level that unites individual actions into a group organization, confirming that the communicative choice depends on a discursive personality’s values. Values are expressed by means of speech verbally/nonverbally/supraverbally. Differences between the choice theory language and the external control language, being singled out in the research, attest that the use of the choice theory language contributes to a more ecological accomplishment of the communicative goals.