RUDN Journal of Psychology and PedagogicsRUDN Journal of Psychology and Pedagogics2313-16832313-1705Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)8073Research ArticleProblem of Language Representation in Native Speaker’s Mind in Context of Language Border Zone: Studying Need in Karelian LanguageViaut Alain-Laboratory UMR 5478 IKER National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)Alain.Viaut@msha.frMoskvichevaS AChair of General and Russian Linguisticsmoskvitcheva@mail.ruUniversity of Bordeeaux 3Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia150120131929708092016Copyright © 2016, Psychology and Pedagogics2016The article is focused on the issues related to the language representation in the native speaker’s mind. It reveals that there are no direct dependencies between the structural language maturity, its historical development, and the speakers’ need in its usage.language needlanguage representation in the native speaker’s mindlanguage border zonelanguage functionssocial and ethnical identityпотребность в языкерепрезентация языка в сознании носителейязыковое приграничьефункции языкасоциальная и этническая идентичность