Keyword: «язык»

In this article the contribution of songs to the English language learning is investigated. According to the article, we can identify the cultural factors while learning the language. Songs of young Canadian singer Justin Bieber are analyzed and we may see vestiges of Canadian English in his songs. The same experiment is done in American music and songs of American singer Beyonce are analyzed too. The words which we see for the first time in her songs are add¬ed into the language. The author identifies two factors that influence the use of phrases from songs in a spoken language: linguistic and cultural. The article provides examples of songs that have been used in speech. Special attention is paid to short language forms.

The article discusses the linguophilosophical problems of the relationship between the world, man and language, which is a symbolic construct. The language is analyzed as a means of coordination of facts and units of meaning. But language cannot be correlated with the world functionally. In this case, language and the world will not connect as semantic values. It is neces¬sary to transform the language to translate it to a higher level of relevance. The author argues that a transformation of the language is needed to translate it to a higher level of relevance. The article touches upon the “eternal questions” of the nature and essence of language in the context of the paradigm of philosophy and linguistics. The positions of Wittgenstein and Benja¬min on this issue are considered as similar.

The article is related to the description of the role of language in cognition, which consists in the fact that it provides the process of cognition itself, the arrangement, preservation and transmission of acquired knowledge. The main language unit is a sign, which is any sensually perceived object, event or action. The article also notes that, due to its complexity and versatility, the issue of language and cognition is being developed from different points of view in modern areas of linguistics, psychology and philosophy. The issue of the main function of the language, consisting in the transfer and storage of information, in the direct connection of language with the cognitive processes of a person is touched upon.

The change of attitude to language in the history of philosophy is considered. Classical philosophy has little interest in language: for it language must be an obedient tool of our mind, not affecting thinking and cognition. Non-classical philosophy questions the sovereignty of reason: language is considered in it as one of the factors that determines the mind at an unconscious level. Questions about the relationship between language and thinking, language and reality are undoubtedly philosophical in nature. Considering them, we reflect the universal conditions of our experience. Kant considered the analysis of these conditions as the task of transcendental philosophy. Language and its influence on our spiritual activity cannot be viewed from the outside as an ordinary object.

the essay analyses how philosophical ideas about the main functions of the language are developing. Classical philosophy regarded language first of all as a cognitive tool. For it the language is an external expression of thought. Communicative function seemed to be trivial and was not considered seriously. One-sided logical approach prevailed also in the XXth century analytical philosophy. It regarded the language of science as an empirical form of knowledge. If we seriously acknowledge the social nature of language, we should admit its communicative function as the main one. The third function ties together those two ones: language is a depository of cultural tradition and means of its transmission to new generations. Through the language we adopt the ways of understanding, analysis, classification of the reality, which are characteristic of our age and culture. It enables man to act as a subject of knowledge.