DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTIONING OF MODERN ESSENTIAL AND ARTIFICIAL INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGES ON THE EXAMPLE OF ENGLISH AND ESPERANTO

Abstract

The article examines a problem of origine and functioning of international languages. The main task of the research is to contrast and analyze essential international languages on the example of English and artificial international languages on the example of Esperanto in the context of intercultural communication. The paper introduces the types and examples of artificial languages, created in XX-XXI centuries and being studied within interlinguistics. At the same time, the variants of lingua franca, based on English (Globishes) are classified and described. By confronting and comparing essential and artificial international languages, the process of turning of an artificial language into the essential and the way how an essential language becomes the international are being examined. The paper also substantiates the idea that constructed languages should be taken into consideration by contemporary linguists to be able to have an overview of international languages description and functioning. The results of the research can be used in international languages studies both within intercultural communication and in general linguistics.