Associative experiment as a means of tracking dynamics of secondary language personality development as exemplified by the stimulus word “nation”

The article examines the dynamics of secondary language personality formation and the influence of learners’ native linguistic personality on this process. The article reviews the role of associative experiment in linguistic worldview and language personality examination. A chain associative experim...

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Main Authors: Vera V. Koroleva, Ekaterina T. Polyanskaya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Publishing house "Sreda" 2025-06-01
Series:Этническая культура
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.31483/r-138947
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description The article examines the dynamics of secondary language personality formation and the influence of learners’ native linguistic personality on this process. The article reviews the role of associative experiment in linguistic worldview and language personality examination. A chain associative experiment, conducted in three groups with different levels of English proficiency – including a group of native speakers – serves as the primary research method. The lexeme “nation” is used as the stimulus word in the experiment. The interpretation of the results is carried out according to Yu. N. Karaulov’s three-level model of language personality. The findings allow conclusions that there is a strong influence of the native linguistic personality on the formation of the secondary language personality at an early stage of the language mastery and the threshold level (A2–B1). Subjects with a great experience of conscious language acquisition demonstrate the most comprehensive understanding of the stimulus word “nation”, even compared to the native speakers. Furthermore, the prospects of associative experiment application for methodological purposes are noted, particularly for tracking the level of secondary language personality formation in learning groups and adjusting the language learning trajectory.
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spelling doaj-art-73c4e08650b342ff925cad5f4734ff6b2025-08-20T03:50:02ZengPublishing house "Sreda"Этническая культура2713-16882713-16962025-06-0172384210.31483/r-138947138947Associative experiment as a means of tracking dynamics of secondary language personality development as exemplified by the stimulus word “nation”Vera V. Koroleva0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7608-9772Ekaterina T. Polyanskaya1https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1497-592XVladimir State UniversityVladimir State UniversityThe article examines the dynamics of secondary language personality formation and the influence of learners’ native linguistic personality on this process. The article reviews the role of associative experiment in linguistic worldview and language personality examination. A chain associative experiment, conducted in three groups with different levels of English proficiency – including a group of native speakers – serves as the primary research method. The lexeme “nation” is used as the stimulus word in the experiment. The interpretation of the results is carried out according to Yu. N. Karaulov’s three-level model of language personality. The findings allow conclusions that there is a strong influence of the native linguistic personality on the formation of the secondary language personality at an early stage of the language mastery and the threshold level (A2–B1). Subjects with a great experience of conscious language acquisition demonstrate the most comprehensive understanding of the stimulus word “nation”, even compared to the native speakers. Furthermore, the prospects of associative experiment application for methodological purposes are noted, particularly for tracking the level of secondary language personality formation in learning groups and adjusting the language learning trajectory.https://doi.org/10.31483/r-138947associative experimentlinguistic personalitylinguistic worldviewsecondary language personalityассоциативный экспериментвторичная языковая личность
spellingShingle Vera V. Koroleva
Ekaterina T. Polyanskaya
Associative experiment as a means of tracking dynamics of secondary language personality development as exemplified by the stimulus word “nation”
Этническая культура
associative experiment
linguistic personality
linguistic worldview
secondary language personality
ассоциативный эксперимент
вторичная языковая личность
title Associative experiment as a means of tracking dynamics of secondary language personality development as exemplified by the stimulus word “nation”
title_full Associative experiment as a means of tracking dynamics of secondary language personality development as exemplified by the stimulus word “nation”
title_fullStr Associative experiment as a means of tracking dynamics of secondary language personality development as exemplified by the stimulus word “nation”
title_full_unstemmed Associative experiment as a means of tracking dynamics of secondary language personality development as exemplified by the stimulus word “nation”
title_short Associative experiment as a means of tracking dynamics of secondary language personality development as exemplified by the stimulus word “nation”
title_sort associative experiment as a means of tracking dynamics of secondary language personality development as exemplified by the stimulus word nation
topic associative experiment
linguistic personality
linguistic worldview
secondary language personality
ассоциативный эксперимент
вторичная языковая личность
url https://doi.org/10.31483/r-138947
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