Article

Name: The analysis of the current state of German in Tomsk region

Authors: Yury V. Kobenko

Tomsk Polytechnical University, Tomsk, Russian Federation

In the section Linguistics

Abstract: The goal of the article is to analyze the status component´s state of modern German in Tomsk region. The descending status of German in West Siberia is caused by the tendencies of Germany´s Americanization and, as a result, by language democratization. This problem can be solved by a balanced model of German language policy.

Keywords: language state, state analysis, language policy, the social prestige of languages, vertical medi

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