Trends In Linguistics Research Articles

Language Contact Phenomena: A Case Study of Indonesian-English Code-Switching in Social Media Communication

This study examines the phenomenon of Indonesian-English code-switching in social media communication, focusing on patterns, motivations, and sociolinguistic implications. Through analysis of social media posts across multiple platforms, this research identifies common patterns of code-switching and explores how bilingual Indonesian speakers navigate between languages in digital spaces. The findings suggest that code- switching serves various pragmatic and social functions, reflecting both linguistic competence and cultural identity in the modern Indonesian digital landscape. This research investigates Indonesian-English code-switching in social media, emphasizing patterns, motivations, and sociolinguistic implications. By analyzing posts across diverse platforms, it identifies recurring linguistic patterns and uncovers how bilingual Indonesian speakers dynamically alternate between languages in digital contexts. This study examines Indonesian-English code-switching in social media communication, focusing on its patterns, motivations, and sociolinguistic implications. Through an analysis of posts across diverse platforms, it identifies recurring linguistic trends and explores how bilingual Indonesian speakers fluidly alternate between languages in digital contexts.

Shattered Dream of Purism: Sociolinguistic Dynamics of the Emerging Hybrid Social Media Language in Sri Lanka

Abstract The rapid digitization of communication in the last decade, especially in social networking spaces, has contributed to radical changes in the virtual language environment in Sri Lanka. It has not only reshaped the way individuals communicate, but has also fueled the emergence of new linguistic trends that reflect the dynamic nature of language in the contemporary virtual landscape. The present study seeks to explore the prospects of a pure language ideology in Sri Lanka with special reference to the use of Sinhala and English in the virtual space. The study used a corpus of memes extracted from social media and analyzed them from a sociolinguistic standpoint using Critical Discourse Analysis. The results show that social media have created a safe space for less competent language users to interact within their linguistic capacity. The adaptation of words and the invention of neologisms have occurred due to the unavailability of terms in users' L1 or L2, as well as to avoid taboos or prohibitions. Given the rapid evolution of communication technology, added to the dynamic changes that have already occurred within languages, aspirations to linguistic purism have become unrealistic optimism.

The IBIC – a tool for social work? Social documentation, language, and persons with psychiatric disabilities

ABSTRACT In recent years, many municipalities in Sweden are using a standardised method – the ‘Individual’s Needs in Focus’ (IBIC) for investigating needs of social support, as recommended by the National Board of Health and Welfare. The model is based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), with a so called ‘biopsychosocial’ approach and predefined categories and classifications. The article takes a critical perspective on standardised methods in social work, specifically examining language, content, and structure in the documentation of the IBIC. We problematise how well the IBIC’s documentation fit social work in general and investigations concerning individuals with psychiatric disabilities requiring support in daily living in particular. A total of 80 investigations from four municipalities were examined in regard to language, content, and structure in relation to the context of social work. The study identified three main linguistic trends: biomedical, task-oriented, and bureaucratic language. However, none of these trends were anchored in the nomenclature of social work.

Analyzing the Language Style of Generation Z Teenagers in Their Instagram Posts

This research aimed to (i) analyze the predominant language styles used by Generation Z teenagers in their Instagram posts and (ii) identify the factors influencing these language styles. This qualitative research employed a constructivism approach, utilizing interviews and document analysis as instruments for data collection. The research participants comprised 10 Generation Z teenagers, and the study focused on their Instagram posts from January 2023 to June 2024. Data were analyzed using condensation, display, and conclusion drawing/verifying stages. The findings indicated that Generation Z teenagers predominantly use casual language styles in their Instagram posts, characterized by the frequent use of slang, colloquial language, abbreviations, and informal greetings and farewells. Several factors influencing these language styles were identified, including technological affordances, social factors, and linguistic trends. This research contributes to the theoretical understanding of language evolution in digital contexts, particularly among digital natives, offering insights into how social media platforms like Instagram influence language use and the emergence of new linguistic trends within specific generational cohorts.

Digital Dialects: The Impact of Social Media on Language Evolution And Emerging Forms of Communication

The advent of social media has profoundly influenced language evolution, introducing novel linguistic trends and emergent forms of communication. This literature review, titled "Digital Dialects: The Impact of Social Media on Language Evolution and Emerging Forms of Communication," explores three primary research problems. First, it investigates how social media contributes to language change. Second, it examines the emergent of new forms of communication. Third, it assesses the positive and negative impacts of social media on language proficiency and literacy. The research aims to analyze the contribution of social media in language change, identifying new forms of communication, and evaluating their impact on language learning and literacy development. Utilizing a documentary design, this study systematically reviews existing literature on the subject, drawing from previous publications to provide a comprehensive overview of the ways in which social media shapes language use. The findings reveal that social media acts as a catalyst for linguistic innovation, while also presenting challenges and opportunities for language proficiency and literacy. This review contributes to a deeper understanding of the dynamic relationship between social media and language, offering insights into the ongoing evolution of communication in the digital age.

Linguistic Trends and Foreign Language Teaching: The Case of French

Linguistics is generally defined as the scientific study of human language. Whereas language is considered as an instrument of communication through which human experience is analyzed differently. Meanwhile, the spread of linguistics theories is propelled by the desire to find better ways to learn and acquire foreign languages, such as French. Hence, in what ways have the development of linguistics theories contributed to language learning and acquisition? An attempt to answer this question was made and some linguistic theories were explained.

Štrukturalizmus a jeho vplyv na vybrané oblasti slovenskej lingvistiky

Contemporary Slovak linguistics has built upon the research tradition arising from the field’s earlier stages of development. Modern linguistic trends active since the 1920s have also influenced Slovak linguistics significantly. Based on the examination of scholarly articles from that period, this paper aims to assemble a selection of information related to the establishment of a new linguistic trend – structuralism – in Slovak linguistics in the context of Czechoslovakia. The cultivation of theoretical discussions in the post-war period – connected with the organization of linguistic research in Slovakia – is observed on the basis of contemporary Slovak and Czech linguistic texts on selected linguistic topics written from the 1930s to the 1970s. Apart from that, publications evaluating the presence of structuralism in Slovak linguistics are also examined (e.g. Anton Popovič, Ľubomír Ďurovič, Ján Kačala, Rudolf Krajčovič and František Štraus). The paper focuses on the beginnings of structuralism in Slovak linguistics, devoting attention to the Bratislava Linguistic Circle (1945) and its activities. Views of neogrammarianism and structuralism are observed, for in Slovak linguistics such views influenced the way the Czechoslovak question was perceived, while also informing research into phonology, dialectology, morphology and syntax, as well as lexis and language culture. The paper also traces the impact of particular views on educational practice.

INTERLINGUAL COMMUNICATIVE POTENTIAL OF ENGLISH LEXICS THROUGH THE LENSES OF ECOLINGUISTICS

The paper examines ecolinguistics as a new trend in linguistics, resulting from the study of language and the environment. The article’s relevance is determined by the insufficient amount of works on ecolinguistics and its subsystems. The purpose of the study is to establish particularities of interlinguistic communication, studied within the framework of ecolinguistics, the idea of which originated at the end of the 19th century and got its prominence at present. The research methodology is based on the theoretical works of the most prominent domestic and foreign scholars. Ecolinguistics is the result of the interaction of academic disciplines including linguistics, philosophy, psychology and cognitive studies. The formation of ecolinguistics takes place in such domains as cultural, political and scientific spheres, revealing various aspects of language interaction with the thinking process and the surroundings. The study of ecolinguistics’ evolution and functioning requires a comprehensive approach. The scope of the study includes studying ecolinguistics, clarifying the origins of this branch, presenting it in a generalized form, as well as the peculiarities of translation aimed at preserving the purity of the target language. As a donor language, English considerably enlarges the vocabulary of every language it interacts with. This is manifested in the digital translation, facilitating the process of new words, nomenclatural formations and abbreviations dissemination. The study has shown that the use of digital technologies developing in the digital world ensures the entry of the linguistic personality into the unified system of ecological space. It is concluded that lexical and grammatical units of different languages can peacefully coexist in one text without violating the integrity and harmony. It contributes to the effective interlinguistic communication determined by the ecospace of a particular language.

Poststructural Perspectives in English Teaching in Rural Colombia

This reflective theoretical article explores the intersection of poststructuralist perspectives and English Language Teaching (ELT) trends, specifically in rural areas of Colombia, addressing language policies that prioritize the utilitarian aspects of English while neglecting its intercultural essence. The objective is to advocate for a poststructuralist approach in reshaping English language education in rural Colombian contexts, challenging utilitarian paradigms to promote inclusivity, equity, and social justice within language learning frameworks. Drawing on extensive research and the author’s ongoing doctoral studies, the paper explores intricate connections among linguistic trends, power dynamics, and language ideologies within ELT. The paper discusses the implications of poststructuralism in Colombian ELT, emphasizing the need for a paradigm shift. Embracing a more inclusive perspective, the study highlights the transformative potential of poststructuralist frameworks in fostering equitable language education.

Modern Linguistic Trends in Developing Romance and Germanic Languages in the Intercultural Dimension

Modern Linguistic Trends in Developing Romance and Germanic Languages in the Intercultural Dimension

Tendencies in the development of terminology: green economy and sustainable financing (based on English and Russian)

In Russia, the development of the green finance system with regard to a set of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors is still noticeably lagging behind, which explains the need for outreach activities that include a vocabulary (terminological) component. The aim of this research is to study linguistic trends and features of the usage of environmental vocabulary (terminology) in the increasingly important area of sustainable development and the green financing in the period from 2021 to 2023. The relevance of this research is due to rapid climate change that puts humanity on the brink of survival. Therefore, it is necessary to unite international efforts for the early introduction of scientific and technical achievements. This implies the emergence of new concepts and terms. The paper presents new concepts that emerged in 2021-2023 and materials that have not been previously subjected to linguistic analysis. The idea is to identify the presence of terms selected from English and Russian research materials in the UN terminology database UNTERM and to determine the frequency of their use in English and Russian user corpora via Sketch Engine. Research results demonstrate that in the abovementioned period, the emergence of terminology related to crisis phenomena, such as global warming, loss of biodiversity and land degradation, can be effectively traced. Achieving the sustainable development goals is associated with early and urgent measures to reduce emissions, preserve nature and introduce sustainable patterns of production and consumption with the help of economic and financial levers. A perspective tool for further research in this field could be the application of open neural networks that enable processing of large text arrays.

Gender studies in modern linguistics: an analytical and bibliographical review

The formation and development of various linguistic trends in linguistics at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries, which are multidisciplinary and integrative in nature, is a feature of modern linguistics. One of the newest areas of linguistics is linguo-gender studies. The purpose of this article is to summarize the achievements of Ukrainian scholars in the field of linguo-gender studies over the period 2015-2023. By conducting an analytical and bibliographical review of scientific publications on linguistic and gender issues, presented in the chronological order of publications, the author highlights various aspects and directions of research, which deepens the understanding of this area of linguistics. The analyzed scientific publications indicate the emergence of new areas of gender research in linguistics, including mechanisms for involving linguo-genderological data in the translation process, gender asymmetry in translation; gender aspects of the information war waged by the Russian Federation against Ukraine and the democratic world; gender manipulations in the translation of international documents on human rights and gender equality. The formation and development of the conceptual apparatus of linguo-genderology is highlighted through the presentation of the practice of compiling dictionaries on gender issues. The analysis of the works of Ukrainian scientists in the field of modern linguistic gender studies has revealed a high intensity of research and a variety of topics of scientific research of domestic scientists. The article emphasizes the connection between linguistic and gender studies and the processes of formation and implementation of the modern gender equality policy of the Ukrainian state aimed at ensuring equal rights and opportunities for women and men.

Positive Impacts of Chat GPT on English Teachers

The integration of ChatGPT, an AI-driven language model, presents a myriad of benefits for English teachers seeking to enhance their instructional practices. This article explores the advantages afforded by leveraging ChatGPT in educational settings. Firstly, ChatGPT serves as a versatile tool for generating diverse and contextually relevant learning materials, including prompts, quizzes, and writing exercises, tailored to students’ proficiency levels and interests. Secondly, it facilitates personalized feedback by analyzing students’ responses in real-time, identifying areas for improvement, and offering targeted suggestions to foster language acquisition and mastery. Moreover, ChatGPT functions as a virtual assistant, augmenting teachers’ administrative tasks through automated grading, lesson planning support, and curriculum enrichment. Additionally, it fosters interactive and engaging learning experiences through its conversational interface, promoting active student participation and collaboration. Furthermore, ChatGPT can aid in fostering cultural understanding and global awareness by providing access to diverse perspectives and authentic language usage from around the world. Lastly, its continuous learning capabilities enable adaptation to evolving pedagogical needs and linguistic trends, ensuring relevance and effectiveness in English language instruction. In conclusion, the integration of ChatGPT empowers English teachers with innovative tools and resources to create dynamic, personalized, and impactful learning environments, ultimately advancing students’ language proficiency and fluency.

THE MAIN TRENDS IN THE FORMATION AND FUNCTIONING OF NOMINATIONS IN THE CONCEPTUAL SPHERE “CLOTHING AND FASHION” IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE OF THE 20TH-XXI ST CENTURIES

This article focuses on the main trends in the development and usage of terminology related to clothing and fashion in the English language from the 20th to the 21st centuries. It explores how nominations, or names given to specific concepts or items in the fashion industry, have evolved over time. This study delves into the changes in terminology, naming conventions, and linguistic trends within the realm of clothing and fashion, shedding light on the evolution of language in this specialized field.

National values in the translation of Kazakh literary works

This article examines the translation of Kazakh cultural objects in literary works, which holds significant importance for Kazakh language and culture. The article analyzes the significance of national hair ornaments and belts in the works of Kazakh writers and their translation into Russian and English. Kazakh people believe that the hair ornament sholpy protects a girl or a young woman from evil forces. This type of hair ornament has both material and spiritual significance in Kazakh culture. In Kazakh literary works, the value of the analyzed jewelry is connected with its affiliation to a person and social status. It is presented as a symbol of female beauty. The belt is a valuable piece of nomadic clothing and a highly valued sacred object in Kazakh culture. Specific functional and semantic meanings as well as translation in literary works have been considered. The importance of translation as a “golden bridge” between different cultures is on the rise. As in other spheres, the requirements for translation are updated depending on the purpose and stage. The anthropocentric trend in modern linguistics raises the question of the relationship between language, man and culture, and poses the task of being able to convey the world view of one nation in the language of another, preserving all cultural and spiritual characteristics, taking into account deep information about people’s background knowledge. The article also analyzes the problem of background knowledge and the peculiarities of translating Kazakh culture-specific elements with spiritual significance for the people. These elements should be taken into account when translating literary works.

Integration of scientific cognition in Kazakh philology: the chronotopic approach

The article discusses the use of the chronotopic approach in Kazakh philology. This approach integrates scholarly knowledge and the works of researchers from the last century. The purpose of the publication is to show how linguistic judgments are cyclical and how they contribute to the multidimensional understanding of language. The article aims to transform the experiences of the humanities into linguistic synchronous-diachronic combinations. This involves predicting the mutual influence of individual scientific views and their categorical integrity. The works of Kazakh researchers from the first half of the twentieth century, who underwent general linguistic training, reveal judgments about the role of language in social, ethnic, and socio-cultural realities. These judgments define a progressive understanding of language as an element of literary-ethical, moral-axiological, and spiritual-cognitive interpretations. It is advisable to consider the formation of cognitive principles of linguistic analysis in the context of spatiotemporal categories. This emphasizes the importance of cyclicity as an element of ideological evolution and scientific attitudes. The connection between past and present, preserving the progression of origin and development, becomes a source of rethinking initial judgments. The cognitive paradigm in Kazakh linguistics is chronologically systematized and reasonably synchronized with modern trends in linguistics. The article characterizes chronotopic in Kazakh linguistics as a set of historical-philosophical, literarycultural, and psychological understandings of the nature of language. The starting point of this approach is the ontological, epistemological, and linguistic dichotomy of knowledge, which determines the mechanism for constructing periodicity and rhythm in the linguistic society. The article uses comparative and historical linguistics, narrative analysis, and chronotopic reading methods. It emphasizes the need to study the spiral characteristic of the linguistics categories by focusing on the dynamics of the development of anthropocentric language features.

Semantic word change as the main way to create a comic effect in the speech genres of Internet communication

The subject of the study is the semantic change of a word as a way to create a comic effect in the Internet communication. The object of the research in the article is Internet memes. Special attention is paid in the article to new ways of creating a comic effect, which the authors of memes find against the background of an increase in the level of intra-genre competition. Comic genres of Internet communication are becoming a kind of thesaurus reflecting the current state of the Russian language and the changes that have occurred in it. Nevertheless, the novelty and dynamic change of linguistic trends in the speech comic genres of Internet communication suggest an insufficient theoretical justification of the problem, which determines the relevance of this work. To establish the methods used to create a comic effect, methods of analyzing dictionary definitions and contextual analysis of lexical units in the meme (including the influence of the non-verbal component) were applied. The main conclusions of the study: 1) there are a number of ways to create a comic effect based on a semantic change of a word; 2) certain features (conditions) of using these methods increase their effectiveness: the ambiguity of lexemes, the assignment of an essential role to the non-verbal component of a meme, the colloquial or slang character of the actualized meaning, the presence of a token, the recognition of verbal and non-verbal components, intentional violation of spelling rules. A special contribution of the authors and the novelty of the research is the study of ways to create a comic effect (based on semantic word change) in the genre of an Internet meme, including a non-verbal component that has a special effect on the recipient's perception of information.

NATIONALCULTURALCONNOTATIONOFREGULAREXPRESSIONSAND NATIONAL CODE IN KAZAKH AND ENGLISH LANGUAGES

Phraseologisms are one of the language units that provide a lot of information about the history, culture, spiritual values, worldview and lifestyle of a certain nation. The phraseological fund of any language includes the culture, mentality, knowledge and traditions of the nation as much as possible. One of the urgent problems in modern linguistics is to determine the characteristic features of each nation based on the information stored in its language. In particular, the study of languages that are not closely related by genealogy, based on the position of new trends in linguistics, opens the way to great opportunities. Systematizing phraseological units in Kazakh and German, Kazakh and Romanian languages and conducting a comparative study of them is becoming the main object of domestic linguistics today. In the course of the research, methods such as collection, comparison, analysis, summarization, and conclusion were widely used. Phraseological phrases in Kazakh and English languages were analyzed from the semantic, linguisticand cultural aspects. The main features of idiomatic phrases in the Kazakh and English languages were determined, and the history of the origin of English idioms was considered. The results of the research made it possible to determine the connection of phraseological units defining the unique characteristics of each nation with national knowledge and national culture. In the article, it was concluded that regular expressions are the source of the lexical fund of every nation, that they have been formed over centuries and that the people observe the unique worldview of each nation, that it is the language wealth of the nation. In the article, it was determined that regular phrases are sources of ethno- cultural data, a unique linguistic basis for determining the national code.

The Global Institutional Governance of AI: A Four-Dimensional Perspective

Abstract The present debate about the governance of artificial intelligence (AI) is dominated by a narrative of a “global race toward the regulation of AI.” Such a narrative bears serious dangers and should be rephrased as the “race toward the global regulation of AI” to adequately address the cross-cutting, cross-boundary, and cross-cultural nature of these technologies. If the debate about the future regulation of AI is to efficiently address the serious dangers and potentially existential risks related to AI, then it should be tied to other global governance issues, such as those summarized by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For this endeavor to be successful, the substantive questions of regulation must be combined with efforts to reform the present international system with a view to establishing a more efficient and coherent global institutional framework. It is important to be mindful of past obstacles in the reform of existing international organizations and to avoid the need for another global cataclysm to trigger institutional reform; thus, the article follows the idea that cognitive change leads to the transformation of international organizations. As both a technology aimed to replicate the human mind and an example of an important linguistic trend of a rise in essentially oxymoronic concepts, AI is deemed to provide the right point of departure to ponder future modes of human cognition – modes that reflect Einstein’s description of a world as a “four-dimensional space – time continuum,” – which may help to imagine the contours of a future global institutional framework.

Speech act theory (A textual study in the light of the Noble Qur’an)

This research deals with the most important theory in pragmatic linguistics, which is the theory of speech acts. Its definition, origin and development, and the most important differences between its founders, John Austin and John Searle. With clarification of the most important actions of this theory, its types, and its applied models in the space of various Qur’anic texts, and specifying its semantic and pragmatic implications and interpretations. Based on the books of interpretation and an explanation of the reasons for the revelation, through the study of some Quranic discourse and its reading in the light of this modern linguistic trend in analysis and interpretation. Based on Searle's trends and conventions and following his analytical approach in this field due to the novelty of his propositions and their launch from the precise and advanced cognitive foundations of Austen's visions, and for her fame in the deliberative field. The research concluded that the theory of speech acts is the founding theory of deliberative linguistics, and it was established as a result of the dispute over the linguistic sentence (creation and news), and the extent to which it represents thought. He also concluded that John Austin is the first founder of the theory of speech acts, while Searle is considered the most scholarly explanation of its dimensions, a detailed explanation of its totality, and a link to it with other sciences. Finally, he concluded that the verbal acts found a great echo in the Qur’anic space in their direct and indirect directions. Because the Qur’an represents the communicative and interactive reality between individuals at all times and places. Keywords: speech acts, pragmatics, Austin, Searle.