Language in the System of Cultural and Historical Formation of Personality

Abstract

Introduction. Language refers to the elements of culture. This is a socio-historical product that reflects culture, the system of social relations, traditions, ethnic history which as a special form of culture materializes spiritual culture. The dialectical connection between language and society lies in the fact that, having arisen as a historical necessity, language meets the requirements set for it by society, reflects its state. Each language is a means of expressing a particular culture. Language represents for those who own it the very existence of a certain culture, its living development, its continuity from generation to generation. Language has its own surroundings. The people who speak it belong to some race (or several races), that is, to such a group of mankind that differs in its physical properties from other groups. Language does not exist outside of culture, outside the socially inherited totality of practical skills and ideas that characterize lifestyle.