THE STRUCTURE, SPECIFIC ASPECTS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE CONCEPT “COMMUNICATION”
The purpose: to characterize and generalize the definitions of the concept “communication” described in various scientific researches, to clarify the structure, specific aspects and functions of this phenomenon, to identify the factors that mostly affect the effectiveness of communication relying on the methods of descriptive and comparative analyses. Methods: a descriptive method based on generalizing facts and identifying consistency in regular phenomena and comparative analysis based on the integration of various disciplines approaches, such as linguistics, psycholinguistics, psychology, sociolinguistics at the level of goal-setting, clarifying the structure and characteristics, which is facilitated by the interdisciplinarity of the concept “communication”. Results: modern communication models are based on the first Aristotle model which consisted of three components: the speaker, the subject of communication, the listener and are adapted to the situation depending on the purpose. Conclusion: The article analyses the structure of some existing communication models, clarifies and generalizes the concept of “communication”, emphasizes the role of extralinguistic factors that affect the communication effectiveness, which is especially important for creating a professional communication model.