MULTILINGUALISM IN THE CONTENT DYNAMICS OF SCIENTIFIC FIELDS

Abstract

The urgency of the problem is conditioned by contradictions of the globalized world – one language spreading around the world to the detriment of others and the establishment of multilingualism due to political, geographical, and social factors. Therefore, a research on multilingualism and clarification of the main prospects to implement it are needed. This phenomenon is analyzed with the help of complex research methods including theoretical and mathematical methods and the possibilities of corpus linguistics. The methods used were aimed at drawing an objective picture of the scientific development of multilingualism, at evaluating its relevance and at studying the main carriers of its meaning in modern science. The study reveals the fact that globalization as a planetary-scale phenomenon aroused interest in studying multilingualism. Scientific data indicate the intersection of the interests of Russian and foreign science in the study of urban multilingualism in 2014-2016; there is preponderance in quantitative distribution of foreign scientific works explained by different historical and social conditions.