CONCEPT OF VARIABILITY IN RUSSIAN AND WORLD LINGUISTICS

Authors

  • Anna Evguenyevna Lukina Author

Abstract

The paper dwells upon the concept of linguistic variability and its role in language
functioning. It presents an overview of contemporary opinions regarding the concept in
Russian and world linguistics. The paper also deals with several approaches to variability

from synchronic and diachronic perspectives. The author examines different types of variability
(diatopic, diachronic, diastratic, diaphasic, diamesic) and introduces a new approach
to study the concept of variability in the history of the French language using the
term “diasystem”.

Author Biography

  • Anna Evguenyevna Lukina

    PhD (Philology), the Romance Philology Departement, chair associate professor, postdoctoral researcher (The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, St. Petersburg). Scientific Advisor – Prof. Stanovaya Lidiya Anatolyevna, PhD (Philology). Е-mail: anialuk@yandex.ru

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1 (2014)

Section

Articles