CLASSIFICATION OF SPHERES OF COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE REFORM IN RUSSIA

Abstract

The article deals with a theoretical problem –principles of classifying the spheres of interaction (spheres of communication) in the past and the practical aspects of using these classifications during the period of language reform in Russia. The author believes that scientists of the past did not take into account the language factor in their classifications, and suggests a different approach to this problem. A new classification of the spheres of communication is substantiated, i.e. the identification of the language parameters of the sphere of communication by studying and improving functional styles, as well as the study of the other side of the linguistic shell of the sphere of communication – the social actualization of the vocabulary of the sphere of communication. With the maximum consideration of the role of language, the spheres of communication fall into two groups, namely: differentiated and amorphous spheres of communication. Differentiation of the spheres of communication is realized through the development of a special language shell, i.e. the formation of a functional style for each of the spheres. Amorphous spheres of communication as a language shell have socially actualized terminology and vocabulary. Thus, the role of language in shaping the linguistic specificity of the sphere of communication becomes obvious.