Problems and Perspectives of Language Communication in the Contemporary World

Abstract

The author in the article surveys the general linguistic situation in the world and the issues of international communication related to this situation. In the modern world small languages and cultures are subjected to ruthless competition, struggle, and their marginalization. The prompted linguistic pedagogy to reconceptualize itself, as the previous language policies, considering only major Euroepan languages (English, German, Russian, French), did not fulfill the expectations. - Presently, a serious problem of languages for special purposes (LSP) is upon us. At the time of accession to the European Union one must keep in mind that any system, be it political, social, state, or administrative, has its own LSP. Each system is related to a particular culture, language pragmatics, particular kind of expression and justification, etc.