“CIRCULAR LETTERS” IN MESSENGERS: PRAGMATICS, EXISTENCE, CREOLIZATION OF TEXT
The study examines the “circular letters” (Holy letters, letters of happiness, magic letters) in the WhatsApp messenger and records changes in the structure of the text, everyday life, and pragmatics dictated by the new information environment.The three-part structure of the text remains the most traditional: an appeal to the addressee in order to arouse trust, an epic part of the letter with well-wishes and arguments for why this should happen, and a request to continue sending the letter. The method of distribution is no longer characterized by anonymity, since in the messenger we always see who the email came from. The length of the middle text is reduced, and creolization of various types is widely used: syncretic and emotive, which serves the function of increasing the fascinativeness of the text. Pragmatics is also changing. “Circular letters” refer to the ritual-epistolary practice, they reflect the irrational part of the picture of the world of modern man, the belief in the ability to influence traditionally independent of human circumstances. However, along with texts of a religious nature (blessings, prayers) and texts - good wishes for happiness, wealth, and love - there are game and comic texts. From basic human values to the first place in the “circular letters” comes material well-being.