| Abstract [eng] |
This thesis provides an analysis of written diplomatic language as a part of the diplomatic protocol in the context of human communication process and courtesy. Various approaches of different authors are presented including the overview of sociolinguistiscs, socio-psychological politeness theory and rhetoric; different aspects of diplomatic intercourse are discussed while text being considered as the essence of diplomacy. Three main issues of written diplomatic language are here considered as the most significant. The first aspect is the diplomatic correspondence with its different forms for communicating with international actors. These are notes, letters, memoranda and aides-memoires. Both form and contents of these documents are analysed. The second aspect is diplomacy and language, surveying the historical development of diplomatic language and the current language trends related to IT development. The third aspect emphasizes the importance of written language in international legal documents such as agreements. It alsoprovides a historical perspective to the developments of diplomatic language and focuses on the diplomatic correspondence as the means of negotiation, representation and exchange between nations. It also deals with politeness of diplomatic language and the art of drafting official letters and documents, describes the growth of diplomatic process and its conventions as the response to the interconnected developments of more complicated governing structures in human societies and consequentially more complicated issues they have wanted to negotiate in written with each other, or represent to one another. Diplomatic language is described as a tool of diplomatic cohesion and the means of effective communication in different historical periods including modern techology development. |
