Language Change in the Context OF Urbanization: Socio-Cultural Factors AND Functions

GLOBALIZATION AND SOCIO-POLITICAL DISCOURSE

This article examines globalization as a complex and multidimensional phenomenon that significantly influences socio-political discourse in the contemporary world. It establishes that globalization is understood as a process that strengthens global interconnectedness, diminishes the significance of geographical boundar...

Studies in Urbanormativity

The world has been witnessing a long unfolding process of urbanization that not only has altered the structural basis of society in terms of political economy, but has also symbolically relegated rural people and life to a secondary or deviant status through an ideology of urbanormativity. Both structural and cultural...

Functioning of Languages in the Sphere of Business in Kyrgyzstan (Sociolinguistic Aspect)

In the context of contemporary sociolinguistic research, the analysis of linguistic practices using sociological methods is becoming increasingly important for describing the linguistic landscape in different regions of the world. The scientific significance of this research subject is determined by the insufficient st...

Determinants of socio-cultural space development in the modern city: systematic analysis and interaction mechanisms

The study is devoted to a comprehensive analysis of the key factors determining the formation and dynamics of the socio-cultural space of a modern city. Based on systemic and interdisciplinary approaches, six interconnected groups of determinants are identified and structured: socio-economic, cultural, political-admini...

Widespread urbanization and its impact on the development of children in the Ecuadorian Amazon

The Sociolinguistic Environment and the Changing Role of English in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of Africa's most linguistically diverse states, and its eastern provinces are characterized by dense contact among local languages, Kiswahili, French and English. This article examines how English is being incorporated into that multilingual ecology, the domains in which it...