Subject: Languages and literature
Year: 2025
Type: Article
Type: PeerReviewed
Title: English as a Linguacultural Code for Communication
Author: Koceva, Ana
Abstract: Although people generally equate language fluency with successful conduct of grammar and vocabulary, research shows that grammar and vocabulary knowledge represent only linguistic competence. On the other hand, language fluency is a complex concept that consists of multiple different components. Linguists have confirmed that in order to be able to use the language efficiently, a speaker needs to be aware of the sociocultural factors and contextual features in a particular speech situation. Herein, this paper gives a theoretical overview of the interrelations among language, culture and communication. The aim of the paper is to review the proposed definitions of the different elements that make language a successful tool for communication through an extensive discussion of the different types of competences linked to language fluency. The paper shows that foreign language proficiency is possible only through simultaneous communicative and pragmatic competence, as well as social and cultural awareness.
Publisher: Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad. Novi Sad: Serbia.
Relation: https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/35840/
Identifier: oai:eprints.ugd.edu.mk:35840
Identifier: https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/35840/1/conference%20book_LSSC.pdfIdentifier: https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/35840/2/Language%20as%20a%20linguacultural%20code%20for%20communication.pdfIdentifier: Koceva, Ana (2025) English as a Linguacultural Code for Communication. Languages and Social Sciences in Contact: The Challenges of Interdisciplinarity. Conference proceeding, 1 (1): 13. pp. 163-174. ISSN 978-86-6065-903-5
Identifier: 10.5281/zenodo.14976982.
