Being a native speaker of the Russian language, we do not perceive it as strange or complex. But sometimes it’s worth considering that in some cases, our mother tongue is not something that for foreigners, even we can be put into a state of confusion. So, in the topic of today's publication, we will consider the meaning of the expression "why not."
New trends
Currently, significant changes are taking place in the Russian language. The new words that appear today indicate that the reason lies not only in an intense social and political life, but events of an international scale play an equally active role. But how to explain, if along with the continuous process of lexical enrichment of the language, we observe a certain degree of degradation.
We are talking about the phrase "why not", at the same time expressing agreement and denial. One involuntarily recalls Mikhail Zadornov, who was joking in one of his comic strips about how a Russian wife brought her American husband into a state of confusion. To a simple question whether she would have tea, the sweetheart replied: “Yes, perhaps not!”
Trying to change
In this case, it is worth recalling the simple English expression “why not?”, Which in translation has an equally simple meaning: “Why not?” Apparently, this is an unsuccessful attempt to re-translate a simple English phrase. However, the Russian language is not English for you! But, despite the obvious difficulties with the Russian language among foreigners, we still need to remember one thing that is pleasant for us: they envy us a little, because we mastered what they learn with such difficulty in early childhood.
But back to the expression “why not”, the meaning of which is defined as consent to a specific proposal. In this case, the particle “would” and the union “and” introduce some confusion, and it turns out that expressing your consent, you immediately deny it. After all, one of the options for using the “would” particle is to enhance desire, which is present in this phrase. But it should be noted that they do not say: “Why not?” Indeed, in this form, the phrase does not raise any questions.
Parrots
Why do we love parroting so much? The answer to this question was very simple. It depends on our physiology. It turns out that in the human body there is a huge number of cells called mirror neurons. They are responsible for imitation. But at school we were told that it was ugly. In other words - they gave the installation to consider it wrong. In fact, this is not so, and this method in practice shows a high percentage of assimilation of the material. And as a good example is the use of the phrase "why not", its meaning is not considered by the majority.
Pedagogy and Andragogy
Pedagogy is the science of how to educate children, and andragogy is, accordingly, the science of how to educate adults. By the age of 12, the child has developed a thinking process, and he should already be trained as an adult. And the main difference between these two methods is that children are able to memorize a lot without thinking about its content, which is why it is precisely in childhood that children learn so many languages, not just one, but at once. For an adult, it is important to understand what he is studying.
It follows that when studying the grammar of the Russian language, the adult brain receives a lot of information, but it is designed in such a way that it is simply not able to memorize it in full. It is for this reason that absurd situations arise, as with the expression “why not”, the meaning of which we consider in this publication.
Motivation and activation
Today, many talk about motivation. The main thing is that it be correct, and correctly motivated person is the one who knows how to independently acquire knowledge. You want to learn more only when you understand that everything is working out for you. And with great sympathy you belong to that category of people who seek to humiliate, offend a person only for what can be corrected.
Do not forget activation methods. And as proof of the need for the latter, it is worth recalling a certain tendency characteristic of modern times - this is the desire to re-interpret the logic of one's own language into a foreign language. Here the fault lies with the classical system of instruction, which first makes us memorize, and only then - to study grammar. As a result, everything turns out painfully long and wrong.
But you can go the other way and avoid mistakes such as "why not." After all, you just need to start the learning process with the study of "living", spoken language. And in the end, we get that the vast majority speaks using 80% of the phrases in their vocabulary.
What does it look like?
It is proved that in real everyday speech, those words that we speak carry only 13% of the information. What matters is how we say it. So the very concept of the phrase “why not”, expressing agreement, can have a double bottom. Try acting "on the contrary." That is, knowing in advance that your interlocutor perfectly understands the meaning of “why not,” and the absurdity of the phrase. So why does he continue to use it in this form? Because, this is a kind of sarcastic answer, evil and caustic, mocking and ironic.
It is possible that this is the fact of the spread of the expression “why not” in this context. Gestures, facial expressions, and intonation are also important. When we like a person’s facial expressions, no one is going to criticize him. Criticism will fall like a snowball on the head of one who dares to write so. An example is the commentary on the social networks of the very same “stars” that criticize ordinary people with such pleasure. But if such a meeting took place in real life, then no one would have noticed such a mistake as a phrase full of puns, such as "why not."