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Language situation of Azerbaijan in the period of postmodernism

ABSTRACT 

Sociolinguistic researches in the aspect of "language situation" as well as other topics (language policy, language planning, etc.) is of great general sociological importance. It is important because language reflects almost all aspects of the social life environment. Methodological methods in this area are that in the administrative-territorial sector as a whole, the tendencies of foreign language functionalization and lan-guage policy, as well as the analysis of different types of language situation, etc. issues are the object of research. The article discusses the "Man and language" problem of socio-linguistics in the context of monolin-gualism and multilin-gualism. The development nature (democratization) and pro-spects of the modern Azerbaijani literary language are characterized by the social and linguistic situation. The article analyzes the situation of modern language in the context of postmodernism. The main features of the interaction in the context of the modern Azerbaijani literary language and the new language situation are refined. In essence, by comparing the socio-territorial structure, territorial-linguistic structure and territorial-social linguistic structure, the nature of the language situation in a region is revealed, defined, and the main factors influencing development are clarified.  

KEYWORDS 

language situation, second language, postmodernism, literary language, national language