1.2. Types of Etiquette
In accordance with the sphere where certain type of behaviour is needed, etiquette can be of different types. Among them we distinguish:
Court Etiquette – strictly regulated order and ways of behaviuor established at the courts.
Diplomatic Etiquette – rules of behaviour of diplomats and other officials in contacts with each other at different diplomatic meetings, visits, negotiations.
Military Etiquette – the code of general army rules, norms, and ways of behaviour of servicemen in the all field of activity.
Civil Etiquette – totality of rules, traditions, and conventions followed by the people communicating with each other.
Modern Etiquette – regulated behaviour in everyday life and at work, in public places and in the street, at different formal and informal meetings.
Business Etiquette – rules of businessman’s behaviour, dressing and writing in all spheres of their activity.
Netiquette – a set of rules for behaving properly online (taking into account rules for communicating in intercultural space).
E-mail Etiquette – a set of rules of writing e-mail letters properly.
Wedding Etiquette – traditional rules of proper behaviour, dressing, table service, etc. at weddings with reference to customs and conventions.
Flag Etiquette – traditional ways in which the national flag is respected, and how the flag is to be used.
Teatime Etiquette – rules of behaviour and service while tea taking time.
Pet Etiquette – etiquette suggestions for pet owners to follow to make other more comfortable with their pet; also rules that animals should be taught by their owners from the first weeks for proper behaviour with humans.
Dining etiquette – behaviour rules of making restaurant reservations, using napkins, silverware and dinnerware, serving food, passing dishes, and using table manners [11, 6].
Funeral Etiquette – rules of expressing love, respect, grief and appreciation for a life that has been lived to a person who has lost someone.
Golf etiquette – set of rules and practices designed to make the game of golf safer and more enjoyable for golfers and to minimize possible damage to golf equipment and courses.
Speech Etiquette – a microsystem of nationally specific set of communication formulae for establishing contact between the interlocutors in a definite tonality. As speech etiquette can be used in different communicative situations it is suggested to distinguish two subtypes within this type:
cell phone speech etiquette – the rules of using formulas of speech etiquette during communication on the cell phone: asking,
re-interrogating, and answering;
texting etiquette – the rules of using formulas of speech etiquette in the practice of sending short messages from one phone to another.
The types of etiquette can be complemented by: International Gift Giving Etiquette, Dating Etiquette, Web Surfing Etiquette, Workplace Etiquette, Dress Etiquette, and even Sushi etiquette, etc. Etiquette can be applied to every sphere of activity and any kind of communication. Numerous types of etiquette approve this.
But in this work we shall focus on speech etiquette and its subtypes such as cell phone speech etiquette and texting etiquette, the first pertains with oral communication and the second pertains with written one.