PSYCHOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF COMMUNICATIVE PERSONALITY OF CADETS.

Abstract

This article explains the concept of communicative personality from the perspective of psycholinguistics
and communication theory. The main parameters of the communicative personality are determined based on its
individual properties and characteristics, its degree of communicative needs, her cognitive skills and
communicative competence in the perception and processing of new information; differential characteristics
and peculiarities of linguistic communicative behavior of the individual in society.
The author underlines three key parameters, defining the character of cadet’s communicative personality
(motivational, cognitive and functional), highlights the important component in the process of communicative
personality development (a stage of education), as professionalization of a personality takes place, all necessary
professional competencies, behavioural norms and values, ideals and, internal structures of a personality are
developed. This stage is marked by the acquisition of the language for specific purposes that mean the
professional linguistic consciousness is developed. Drawing on research of the military discourse, the author
has allocated the texts, influencing language consciousness of the military (professional and motivational);
defined the key characteristics and peculiarities of cadet’s speech.
The common language, physical and intellectual activities, habits and customs identify the
representatives of military professional subculture. The language of military personnel of any country includes
two key subsystems that may create difficulties for misguided person of the given professional environment:
terminology (regulated by official documents) and slang. These subsystems are replete with different kinds of
abbreviations, because one distinctive feature of military language is brevity. The article stresses that active
using abbreviation in forming the military terms, in the language used for business, as well as widespread
distribution of abbreviation in spoken language have an impact on the forming the slangy speech of cadets.
Therefore, abbreviation is widely using in the cadets’ speech and spreading from the language of official and
scientific sphere to the spoken language and slang. The article concludes that the familiarity with the abovementioned characteristics of the communicative personality of cadets is key to providing good understanding
language perception of the given professional group. Structural integrity of communicative personality permits
consideration of cadets in the training process with regard to their readiness to implement the communication as
consistency of language system and communicative situation