Linguistic and Speech Means of Expressing Negation in English and Ukrainian Official and Business Discourse

This article suggests a new approach to the negation study in English and Ukrainian official and business communication as cognitive and discursive formation. Thus, the means of expressing objections in the official-business discourse in the English and Ukrainian languages and the relation of the category of objection to linguistic universals. With the help of a historical comparative research method, general cultural trends in the field of official and business communication between English and Ukrainian speakers were identified.General cultural tendencies in the sphere of English and Ukrainian speakers’ official and business communication were determined. The methods of linguistic and speech means of negation comparison in English and Ukrainian official and business discourse were devised. Conclusions: the list of linguistic means on English and Ukrainian different system levels concerning to the possibility of the negative meaning realization in business discourse were determined