RELATIONS BETWEEN THE CONCEPTS OF “POWER” AND “SOLIDARITY” IN RUSSIAN AND CHINESE ADDRESS FORMS

Abstract

The article studies the embodiment of the doctrine of power and solidarity in Russian and Chinese address forms. The author studies it from the following four aspects: personal pronouns, name appellations, social appellations, and relative appellations. By comparison, the author concludes that because of the influence of social and cultural factors, there are many differences between Russian and Chinese address forms, especially in name appellations, social appellations, and relative appellations. The address forms in Russian are largely influenced by solidarity. In the process of communication, Russians attach importance to independence and equality of both sides of the communication. In Chinese, people pay more attention to respect for communicators. Therefore, power plays a very important role in communication in China.