Language policy in the virtual space

摘要

The article observes the purpose, role and main means of language policy in the virtual space. The research in this work bases on descriptive and comparative methods. This work states that the presence of many languages in a single virtual-communicative field gives rise to cross-language conflicts in the Internet space. On the background of this conflict situation the analysis of language policy in the virtual space determines the scientific significance and novelty of this study. The article also considers the phenomenon of the globalization of language means, which plays an important role in the modern communicative space. It also analyzes the social stratification of languages in the virtual space. It is emphasized that the virtual space creates conditions for the sustainable existence of languages, ensures the realization of their communicative potential. Using the Internet as the main channel for exchanging information, spreading and summarizing the global communication community in a single center, globalization leads to the dominant role of some languages and the lowering of the social status of others. When summing up, the authors note that despite the fact that the Internet has turned into a field of interlingual conflicts, the dominant language that serves the global level of communication does not encroach on the usual areas of functioning of local languages.