Competition and Interaction between Languages: A Sociolinguistic Approach
- DOI
- 10.5922/2225-5346-2018-1-4
- Pages
- 45-49
the Kyrgyz Republic
state language
official language
language community
interlingual collisions
the dialogue of languages
Abstract
The author offers a review of M. J.Tagaev's monograph "Dialogue of Languages and Cultures" (the functioning and interaction of cultural and linguistic spaces of the Kyrgyz and Russian languages). Bishkek: Kyrgyz Russian Slavic University Publishing House, 2015. 240 p. The reviewer notes the acute character of the problem, typical of the post-Soviet states and analyzes the functioning of the state and official languages in Kyrgyzstan.