(КПІ ім. Ігоря Сікорського, 2019) Сокирська, Ольга Сергіївна
On the basis of the auditory analysis of lexico-grammatical and intonation means’ interaction, the author outlines the role of the expression “don’t want to” in rendering the refusal utterance meaning. The paper analyzes a set of intonation means participating in the expression of refusal utterances having different levels of emotional-and-pragmatic potential uttered by the speakers in different communicative situations.