LINGUO-CULTURAL AND PRAGMATIC PECULIARITIES OF THE PHENOMENON OF ANGLICISATION IN GEORGIA

Kirvalidze, Nino (2017) LINGUO-CULTURAL AND PRAGMATIC PECULIARITIES OF THE PHENOMENON OF ANGLICISATION IN GEORGIA. Journal of Teaching and Education, 06 (02). pp. 269-280. ISSN 2165 - 6266

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Abstract

The paper considers the phenomenon of anglicisation as a multifaceted developing process associated with the increasing influx of English borrowings into the Georgian language. This process is related to the growing American influence as well as to the prestigious role of English as a lingua franca in almost every aspect of life at a global level. The influx of English words into Georgian is characterised by a number of socio-cultural and linguo-pragmatic peculiarities due to the sharp political changes and dynamic introduction of the market economy that have taken place since the country won its independence after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The research is based on the linguistic and pragmatic analysis of English lexical units imported into Georgian in the late 90-s and the first fifteen years of the new millennium. The survey has shown that Georgia welcomes English as an international medium of communication with the outside world, while it protects and promotes the Georgian language within the country as a means of national identity and cultural heritage.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Divisions:	Faculties/Schools > Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Depositing User:	Prof. Nino Kirvalidze
Date Deposited:	28 Apr 2017 08:07
Last Modified:	28 Apr 2017 08:07
URI:	http://eprints.iliauni.edu.ge/id/eprint/6482

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