Fostering Educational Leadership through Sociolinguistic Insights: Exploring Language Identity within Culture and Society

The globalisation processes of our time facilitate the interaction of different cultures and languages, and the issues of linguistic identity and the role of language as a means of cultural identity, social relations and self-expression in society are becoming particularly relevant. The article analyses the relationship between language, culture and society. It examines the impact of language on cultural identity and the impact of bilingualism on social integration in a multicultural environment. Based on the literature review on the interaction between language, culture and society, the sequence of determining the influence of language, culture and society on linguistic identity is presented. The research used the methods of literature analysis, the study of the influence of language on cultural identity based on a questionnaire and the influence of bilingualism on social integration in a multicultural environment based on interviews. The criteria for the influence of language, culture and socio-personal indicators on linguistic identity are outlined: frequency and context of use of the mother tongue or second language, self-identification and linguistic attitudes, social interactions and sense of belonging, and influence factors (socio-demographic and cultural). The study involved respondents of different age groups and social statuses, divided by socio-personal (age, education), linguistic and cultural characteristics. The impact of language on cultural identity was assessed according to the developed criteria, which depended on socio-personal, linguistic, and cultural indicators. The results of interviews on the impact of bilingualism on social integration in a multicultural environment are presented. The article also highlights recommendations for supporting, developing and harmonising linguistic identity in the modern multicultural world. It is determined that supporting the mother tongue as the basis of linguistic identity, integrating linguistic identity into the globalised world and developing cultural sensitivity and tolerance are promising ways to form linguistic, cultural and social identity.

کلیدواژه ها:

Linguistic identity ، Cultural identity ، Intercultural behaviour ، Sociolinguistics ، Globalisation ، National identity