Formation of the Subject of International Communication in Domain-Oriented English Lingua Franca

Authors

  • Александр Демьянович Петренко Crimean Federal University of V. Vernadsky
  • Карина Алексеевна Мележик Crimean Federal University of V. Vernadsky

Abstract

Alexander D. Petrenko, Karina A. Melezhik (Simferopol, Russian Federation)

The article initiates a discussion of the problem of international communication subjects utilizing the domain-oriented English lingua franca (DOELF). Such subjects are identified as communities of international speakers interacting in specialized domains of human activity. It is claimed that communication subjects should be classified into two types according to the pragmatic function of DOELF – as communities using tools for communication or tools for internationalization. It is argued that the collective subject of the DOELF communication is both the consumer of the language and author of language innovations. Identification of the type of DOELF communication subjects is stated to be interconnected with extension of their linguacultural competence. A sequence of 8 pragmatic stages is argued to be necessary for school learner English to change into a domain-oriented tool for international communication.

Key words: subject of international communication, domain-oriented English lingua franca, tool for communication, tool for internationalization, stages of change.

DOI 10.23683/1995-0640-2018-3-60-67

Author Biographies

Александр Демьянович Петренко, Crimean Federal University of V. Vernadsky

Alexander D. Petrenko – Ph.D. of Philology, Professor, Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Higher School of Ukraine, Director of the Institute of Foreign Philology, Head of the Theory of Language, Literature and Sociolinguistics dpt. Crimean Federal University of V. Vernadsky.

Карина Алексеевна Мележик, Crimean Federal University of V. Vernadsky

Karina A. Melezhik – Candidate of Philology, Associate professor, Head of Foreign Languages Department of the Institute of Foreign Philology. Crimean Federal University of V. Vernadsky.

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Петренко, А. Д., & Мележик, К. А. (2018). Formation of the Subject of International Communication in Domain-Oriented English Lingua Franca. Proceedings of Southern Federal University. Philology, (3), 60–67. Retrieved from https://philol-journal.sfedu.ru/index.php/sfuphilol/article/view/1181

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No. 3 (2018)

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LINGUISTICS

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