Social and ethnocultural components of a linguistic personality

Abstract

In the article an overview of the theoretical concepts developed in the development of the concept of linguistic personality is provided in order to study the social and ethnic aspects of this concept. The authors discuss a number of empirical provisions that show the high theoretical and practical value of this concept for understanding the social characteristics of the linguistic personality. The given empirical data prove that the personality multi-faceted realizes its individuality in speech activity. Particular attention is paid to the ethnic characteristics of the linguistic personality, including representatives of minority cultures and bilinguals. The studies prove that language proficiency and its use, in turn, are a factor of socialization and determine the style of human interaction with their social environment.