“What is the best language for Eastern Europe?” Lingua receptiva as a new approach in Slavic intercommunication research

Abstract

Namen prispevka je obravnavati pojem lingua receptiva kot nov pristop v slovanskih študijah medsebojnega komuniciranja, ki omogoča analizo medjezikovnih stikov z drugačne perspektive in ki presega tradicionalne strukturalistične ali glotodidaktične pristope. Večina raziskav o lingua receptivi je bila doslej izvedena v povezavi s skandinavskimi in z romanskimi jeziki. Obstajajo pa tudi primeri prvih raziskav, vezanih na slovanske jezike – prispevek predstavlja pregled njihovih temeljnih rezultatov, ob tem pa tudi konceptov, ki so se v njih razvili. The aim of the paper1 is to consider the notion of lingua receptiva as a new approach in Slavic intercommunication studies which allows to analyze interlingual contacts from a different perspective, going beyond the traditional structuralist or glottodidactic approaches. So far, most research on lingua receptiva has been conducted in relation to Scandinavian and Romance languages. There are, however, examples of initial research done on Slavic languages. This paper will present an overview of the main results of these studies, along with concepts developed in them.