ANALYSIS OF DYNAMIC PARAMETRES OF INTERNET-COMMUNICATION: LINGUISTIC CAPACITY (experimental data)

Abstract

The paper looks into the prospect of analyzing the correlation between the communicative behavior of a participant to the communication act and his/her linguistic capacity. The methodological platform of the current research is laid down by the theory of autopoiesis. Within this framework the communicative event is viewed as the process of adaptive interaction of self-organizing systems. The paper features the findings of the experimental research with Russian native speakers who learn English as a second language in order to show how autopoietic principles can be applied. The research reveals that a participant is not aimed at communication when his/her level of linguistic capacity prevents a more thorough understanding of the text and speech act production. In such cases various adaptive mechanisms or strategy of self-presentation may be employed. The study proves that linguistic capacity determines the level of understanding environmental factors by a living system (a participant of communication) and its ability to recursive interaction with the environment.