К вопросу о функционировании английского языка в Финляндии

Abstract

В статье рассматриваются особенности использования английского языка в речи жителей Финляндии. Особое внимание уделяется возникающим сложностям при адаптации речевого аппарата финнов к английской произносительной норме. Выдвигается предположение о существовании отдельного диалекта Finglish на территории США и Канады.

У статті розглядаються особливості вживання англійської мови у мовленні жителів Фінляндії. Особлива увага приділяється виникаючим складнощам при адаптації мовленнєвого апарату фінів до англійської вимовної нормі. Висувається припущення про існування окремого діалекту Finglish на території США і Канади.

In the article the peculiarities of the American English language in the speech of residents of Finland are considered. The analysis of the characteristic features of the English language reflects its dominating role in the fundamental spheres of life of modern society. English has become accepted as the standard for communication in many countries all over the world, and soon has become an accepted language for global economy, politics, business trade, commerce, culture and education. Novelty of work consists in the ultimate development of an analysis of the English language estimation in Finland, in identification of importance of an assessment of the language units in various spheres of modern life, significance of the English language expansion to the modern world. Special attention in the work is dedicated to the oral English speech of the Finns, which is rather complicated for the vocal apparatus of Finland citizens. It is assumed that in the US there exists a separate dialect, called Finglish. The aim of this research is the analysis of the peculiarities of the English language, that tie together different aspects of Finnish reality into a naturally founded socially and culturally functioning communication system. Research Methods used in article are the descriptive method, allowing to study and systematize literature in a considered perspective; the method of the discourse analysis which provides extraordinarily rich evidence of the underlying rules of how the language works; method of the component analysis necessary for allocation of components of value; the method of statistical analysis used the study of the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation and presentation of linguistic data.