Keyword: «tactical resources of silence»

Silence is an integral element of the communicative behavior of every person. If there is speech, then there is silence – time periods when a person does not say anything. This article is dictated by the need to consider acts of silence in the process of communication due to the increased interest in the human factor in the language, in particular, in the pragmatic aspect of paralinguisms. The methodological basis for the analysis of various communicative situations is a pragmatic description based on the analysis of speech strategies and tactics. In the course of the study, the authors compares the strategic and tactical resources of silence in English communication.