ПОЛИТИЧЕСКАЯ КОРРЕКТНОСТЬ КАК ЯЗЫКОВОЙ ФЕНОМЕН

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Bədəlova S.

Филологические науки, vol.2, no.2(72), pp.198-203, 2020 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)

Abstract

The actuality of the article is based upon the excessive number of alterations that occur in English due to the social intervention. Let us start by acknowledging the fact that language and society have been dependent on each other for centuries. Critics would agree that there is no doubt about the fact that most of the changes brought upon language have been the result of human will. Obviously people do not transform language on purpose. However, there has been an increase in the number of social communities that feel strongly about changing some of the aspects of language. Especially the lexical one. The article is concerned with the degree to which such a sociolinguistic phenomenon as political correctness influences and changes the English language. It demonstrates the modifications brought upon English as a result of the modern society becoming more and more tolerant towards certain social communities. The issue in question is that said communities in most cases alter the language arbitrarily. Moreover, some of the arguments for the changes are fairly groundless. The authors come to the conclusion that some of the lexical changes in the English language that are deemed necessary are fairly unjustified and are subject to be revised. Keywords: language, political correctness, speech act theory, freedom of speech, modifications, social communities, changing some of the aspects of language