THE PHENOMENON OF THE "SEMIMIXED" LANGUAGES
This article reports on a study of multilingualism and bilingualism in the communicative space of the Russian Federation.The authors carried out a comparative analysis to determine linguistic reasons for appearing mixed and "semi-mixed " languages and to differentiate their linguistic status. The researchers examined mechanisms of penetration of the Russian language into other languages. The paper argues that bilingualism characterized by its cultural and linguistic significance is threatened by the destructive impact on the internal structure of the contacting languages. These phenomena are dangerous because they can create prerequisites for the language assimilation of an ethnos. The authors raise a problem of ethno-linguistic and ethno-cultural marginality and believe that the functioning of "semi-mixed" languages has led to a very serious contradiction - whether a genetically native language will be a really native one.