Russian Feast: The Verbal Realisation of the Celebration Script

This article describes the cultural script of Russian feast. The author refers to texts conversations recorded using participant observation method and reflecting communicative-speech interaction speakers Ural urban vernacular. analysis makes it possible consider a feast as communicative event, structure it, present sequence episodes, open up possibility for its holistic description. Hospitality is considered distinctive feature national character, basic value culture. A meeting people on festive occasion, accompanied by meal alcohol, reflects not only typical actions but also ideas, norms, attitudes carriers national-cultural community revealed in process communication. consistently examines supporting links script: preliminary preparation feast, receiving honouring guests, refreshments, at table. role rights obligations hosts identifying some situational behavioral confirming values cordiality, hospitality, hedonism, socio-centricity. Of particular interest linguoculturological table toasts It reveals significance such constants family, home, work, “one’s own”. peculiarities colloquial communication are manifested detabooing topics related physiological needs person, openness one’s own others’ personal space, inalienable right an emotional evaluative interpretation speech-behavioural reactions members circle”. organic nature rests jokes, general laughter reactions, carnivalisation speech behavior. integrative function identified ensures harmonisation participants’ behaviour