Specific Character of Linguistic Personality Development in Mono- and Poly-ethnic Environment (the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic Case Study)

This article generalizes the results of sociolinguistic poll, conducted in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, which enabled to determine the features of linguistic personality development in mono- and poly-ethnic environment. Linguistic personality development is affected by many linguistic and extra-linguistic factors, playing significant role in the process of his/her formation. These include primary extra-linguistic factors, such as sex, age, place of residence and place of birth, ethnicity, social status, family and secondary factors, such as educational institution, communication environment, etc. These factors, along with the linguistic factors, play significant role in the linguistic personality preparedness for verbal and cogitative activity.