ТЕОРЕТИЧНІ ПІДХОДИ ДО ВИВЧЕННЯ СТАВЛЕННЯ ДО МОВИ
THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO LANGUAGE ATTITUDE STUDIES

Summary/Abstract: This article focuses on the analysis of the scientific literature on investigating languageattitude, theoretical approaches to the language attitude analyzed, the core paradigms of investigationconnected to studying and distinguishing of language attitude presented, as well as the importanceof data gathered regarding language attitudes and the specific nature of the language attitude studiesin Ukraine that are analyzed. Studying language attitudes is popular, as the language which is investigatedhas numerous sociocultural functions, and knowledge of language attitudes helps to achievesuccess in language policy planning. Moreover, influences on linguistic personality and languageattitudes allow evaluation not only of the loyalty to a particular language, but also the functionalvalue of each of these. Language attitude is an instrument which allows successful language policyto be constructed, and also informs about the language identification of speaker, as well as aboutlanguage status and prestige.

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