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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Russian Journal of Linguistics</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Russian Journal of Linguistics</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Russian Journal of Linguistics</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2687-0088</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2686-8024</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">52501</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2687-0088-45515</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">NVVBWT</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>RESEARCH ARTICLES</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>НАУЧНЫЕ СТАТЬИ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Rethinking language shift: Instrumental and integrative attitudes in language transmission</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Переосмысление языкового сдвига: инструментальные и интегративные установки в межпоколенческой передаче языков</trans-title></trans-title-group><trans-title-group xml:lang="zh"><trans-title/></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7902-6032</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kirilenko</surname><given-names>Svetlana V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Кириленко</surname><given-names>Светлана Владимировна</given-names></name><name xml:lang="zh"><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD in Philology and a senior researcher</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат филологических наук, старший научный сотрудник</p></bio><email>svetlanavk@inbox.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Институт языкознания Российской академии наук</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="zh"></institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2026-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>30</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 30, NO3 (2026)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 30, №3 (2026)</issue-title><fpage>657</fpage><lpage>681</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2026-09-29"><day>29</day><month>09</month><year>2026</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2026, Kirilenko S.V.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2026, Кириленко С.В.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="zh">Copyright ©; 2026, Kirilenko S.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Kirilenko S.V.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Кириленко С.В.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="zh">Kirilenko S.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/linguistics/article/view/52501">https://journals.rudn.ru/linguistics/article/view/52501</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Instrumental and integrative language attitudes play an important role in understanding the viability of languages. The present study investigates these attitudes among speakers of five titular languages of the Russian Federation (Ingush, Tatar, Tuvan, Chechen, and Yakut). This study aims to identify how age-related shifts in attitudes and usage impact language vitality within distinct sociolinguistic contexts. It investigates whether younger speakers of five autochthonous languages in the Russian Federation demonstrate patterns of language shift or language maintenance, focusing on the role of instrumental and integrative language attitudes across generations. Data were collected through a questionnaire survey and contextualized within the existing language ecologies, including societal, political, and institutional conditions. Contrary to expectations drawn from classical models of language shift, younger respondents (ages 18-25) displayed strong loyalty to their languages, actively using them in home and peer settings alongside Russian. These findings suggest that, in supportive sociolinguistic environments, youth can serve as active agents of language maintenance. Integrative attitudes were strong across all age groups, and Russian-titular language bilingualism is widely practiced, particularly in peer interactions, reflecting both symbolic attachment to autochthonous languages and the benefits of practical bilingual communication. Instrumental attitudes further revealed that languages were primarily maintained in culturally symbolic or informal contexts, while multilingual competence, including Russian and international languages, was valued for social mobility, particularly among younger cohorts. The research data also confirm that the respondents exhibit sustainable, ecologically conditioned patterns of bilingual practices. Overall, this study contributes to the sociolinguistic understanding of language use in multilingual contexts by revealing patterns of instrumental and integrative motivations across generations.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Инструментальные и интегративные языковые установки играют важную роль в понимании жизнеспособности языков. Настоящее исследование рассматривает эти установки на материале пяти титульных языков Российской Федерации (ингушского, татарского, тувинского, чеченского и якутского). Целью исследования было выявить, какие тенденции наблюдаются среди молодых носителей пяти языков коренных народов Российской Федерации - к языковому сдвигу или сохранению родного языка и какую роль в этом играют инструментальные и интегративные языковые установки в разных поколениях. Данные были собраны с помощью анкетного опроса и интерпретированы с учетом существующих языковых экосистем, включая социальные, политические и институциональные условия. Вопреки ожиданиям, основанным на классических моделях языкового сдвига, молодые респонденты (18-25 лет) продемонстрировали высокую приверженность своим родным языкам, активно используя их в сферах домашнего и дружеского общения параллельно с русским языком. Полученные результаты свидетельствуют о том, что в существующих социолингвистических условиях молодое поколение способно внести вклад в сохранение языка. Было выявлено, что интегративные установки весомы во всех возрастных группах, а двуязычие «русский-титульный язык» широко практикуется в сфере дружеского общения, что отражает символическую привязанность к коренным языкам, а также практическую пользу двуязычного общения. Инструментальные установки также продемонстрировали, что коренные языки преимущественно сохраняются в культурно-символических или неформальных контекстах, в то время как полиязычная компетенция (русский и международные языки) важна для социальной мобильности, особенно среди представителей молодого поколения. Полученные данные также подтверждают, что у респондентов наблюдаются устойчивые экологически обусловленные модели билингвальной компетенции. В целом, данное исследование способствует социолингвистическому пониманию практик использования языка в многоязычных контекстах и выявляет закономерности инструментальных и интегративных установок в разных поколениях.</p></trans-abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="zh"/><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>instrumental language attitudes</kwd><kwd>integrative language attitudes</kwd><kwd>intergenerational transmission of language</kwd><kwd>language vitality</kwd><kwd>autochthonous language</kwd><kwd>language of interethnic communication</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>инструментальные языковые установки</kwd><kwd>интегративные языковые установки</kwd><kwd>межпоколенная передача языка</kwd><kwd>жизнеспособность языка</kwd><kwd>коренной язык</kwd><kwd>язык межэтнического общения</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><award-group><funding-source><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="ru">Исследование поддержано проектом FMNE-2025-0014, выполняемым в Институте языкознания РАН: «Язык и идеология в контексте полиэтнических стран мира».</institution></institution-wrap><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="en">The study was supported by project FMNE-2025-0014 conducted at the Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences: “Language and Ideology in the Context of Multiethnic Countries of the World.”</institution></institution-wrap></funding-source></award-group></funding-group></article-meta><fn-group/></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Alpatov, Vladimir M. 2014. 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