Language socialization in a sociocultural context

Annotation

The presented article addresses the issue of studying the concept of socialization. The purpose of this article is to study the concept of language socialization as a problematic sociocultural area. This article examines language socialization through the prism of sociocultural theory, as well as aт ethnographic approach that plays an important role in constructing a language socialization paradigm. The authors analyze the influence of language on the formation and development of sociocultural aspects of personality, paying special attention to the interaction of linguistic and cultural factors. The work examines the mechanisms of linguistic socialization as a means of transmitting and preserving sociocultural heritage, understanding and interpreting cultural values, norms and customs. The article concludes that socialization can be viewed as a continuous, interactive or dialogic process. On the one hand, verbal interaction allows for the transmission of sociocultural beliefs, structures and practices. At the same time, cultural systems and social contexts influence the ways in which people acquire the communicative competence necessary to successfully interact in community speech. The language socialization paradigm suggests that language and culture represent distinct goals acquired over a range of different sociocultural contexts.

Keywords

• language socialization
• socio-cultural context
• culture
• language
• communication
• ethnographic approach
• sociocultural theory
• language socialization paradigm
• communicative competence
• language interactions
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Contribution of the authors

Koriakina A. A. – research concept, development of methodology, analysis of material, writing the initial text, final conclusions; Savvina R. I. – choice of the research topic, participation in the development of the research concept, search for material, revision of the final text, final conclusions.

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