Polylinguality and Transcultural PracticesPolylinguality and Transcultural PracticesПолилингвиальность и транскультурные практики2618-897X2618-8988Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)4537210.22363/2618-897X-2025-22-2-219-239OSBTLFLANGUAGES IN CONTACT: THEORY AND PRACTICEЯзыковые контакты: теория и практикаResearch ArticleStudying Transnational and Translingual Professional CommunicationИзучение транснациональной и транслингвальной профессиональной коммуникацииhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1292-2366CanagarajahSureshКанагараджаСуреш

Evan Pugh University Professor of Applied Linguistics, English, and Asian Studies

профессор прикладной лингвистики, английского языка и востоко-ведения

Asc16@psu.eduPennsylvania State UniversityПенсильванский национальный университет15072025222VOL 22, NO2 (2025)ТОМ 22, №2 (2025)21923902082025Copyright ©; 2025, Canagarajah S.Copyright ©; 2025, Канагараджа С.2025Canagarajah S.Канагараджа С.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0https://journals.rudn.ru/polylinguality/article/view/45372

In the modern world of globalization, there is a need to establish a multilingual communication environment in the work process of transnational corporations for more efficient execution of tasks and organization of negotiations. As a result, a completely new polylingual space appears with its own internal dynamics of linguistic phenomena, the study of which requires the formation of new approaches to research. In this paper, the processes that arise as a result of the transition of business to a transnational space are analyzed from the point of view of Interactive Sociolinguistics. The influence of global processes and technologies on communication and inter-action between participants in work and contractual processes within corporations and between them is considered. The formation of a multilingual communication system due to the participation of users of different languages in communication is studied. The factors that result in the establishment of a particular multilingual system in the workspace are identified, and its manifestations are considered. The internal dynamics of this system are studied as it develops. The work is based on theoretical and practical researches by authoritative authors in the field of sociolinguistics, such as J.J. Gumperz, R. Wodak, J. Blommaert, and others. The study analyzes the effectiveness of the application of the Interactive Sociolinguistics approach to describing the work process in the context of the need to establish multilingual communication in transnational business.

В современном мире глобализации возникает необходимость установления мультилингвальной среды коммуникации в рабочем процессе транснациональных корпораций для более эффективного выполнения задач и организации переговоров. В результате появляется совершенно новое полиязыковое пространство со своей внутренней динамикой лингвистических явлений, для исследования которого требуется формировать новые подходы к изучению. В данной работе производится анализ процессов, возникающих в результате перехода бизнеса в транснациональное пространство с точки зрения интерактивной социолингвистики. Рассмотрено влияние глобальных процессов и технологий на коммуникацию и интеракцию между участниками рабочих и договорных процессов внутри корпораций и между ними. Исследовано формирование мультилингвальной системы общения вследствие участия в коммуникации пользователей разных языков. Выявлены факторы, в результате которых устанавливается та или иная мультилингвальная система в рабочем пространстве, а также изучены её проявления. Рассматрена внутренняя динамика данной системы по мере её развития. Работа опирается на теоретические и практические исследования авторитетных ученых в области социолингвистики, таких как Дж.Дж. Гамперц, Р. Водак, Я. Бломмарт и др. Проведён анализ эффективности в применении подхода интерактивной социолингвистики при описании рабочего процесса в условиях необходимости установления мультилингвальной коммуникации в транснациональном бизнесе.

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