Vol. 53 No. 4 (2025): Published December 30, 2025
DOI https://doi.org/10.18799/26584956/2025/4/2075
Problem of social meaning, language ideologies, and terminological planning: social-philosophical and sociolinguistic approaches
Relevance. Growing interest in the study of language as a form of social behavior. Contemporary social reality represents a complex conglomerate of traditional and non-traditional forms of individual and group interaction, where language (linguistic expressions) serves as the most important indicator of the identity of an individual, group, or community, which may be underpinned by various ideological foundations. The study of such foundations and the tools for their implementation (in the context of this article, terminological planning and linguistic ideologies) allows for a better understanding of social processes in society. Aim. To demonstrate the determinacy of terminological planning by linguistic ideologies as a tool for overcoming the uncertainty of methods for forming social meaning. Methods. Socio-philosophical and sociolinguistic approaches. The application of the socio-philosophical approach presupposes demonstration of relations between important social meanings, language, and social groups as the subjects of these social meanings. The sociolinguistic approach allows for the identification of relations between linguistic expressions and the social aspects of their designation in the context of social meaning. Results. The paper demonstrates the features of the formation of the social meaning of linguistic expressions, predominantly through indexical semiotic mechanisms, which increase the degree of uncertainty of this social meaning. The article examines two main linguistic ideologies as the basis for the formation of social meaning, using the example of a social entity such as the state (nation–state): national linguistic ideology (segregationism) and pluralistic linguistic ideology (integrationism). The relationship and role of terminological planning with these linguistic ideologies are outlined. Conclusions. The problem of the social meaning of linguistic expressions is determined not only by the content of the social entity verbal behavior but also by the implicit foundations of their activity as linguistic ideologies. If the state is considered as a social entity, then terminological planning is the most effective and illustrative way to implement linguistic ideologies to shape the social meanings necessary for the state through language.
Keywords:
social meaning, linguistic ideologies, terminological planning, socio-philosophical approach, sociolinguistic approach
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