Representation of Life Values By Bilinguals in the Anthropocene

In the world, human activity has led to technical and social progress, well-being has increased in many countries, while at the same time there is a threat to the natural environment at the local and planetary levels. The situation can be radically improved by changing a person's attitude to nature, updating the values of preserving the environment, and forming responsible environmental behavior. The report examines the bilingual perception of life values.

The subject of research: life values of bilinguals. Objective: to reveal the understanding of life values by bilinguals using the example of native speakers of Chechen and Russian.

Materials and method. The study used a sociocultural approach, a method of sociological survey of the population and teachers, it was planned to determine the hierarchy of life values, their significance and the social level of their functioning in two languages.

Results. The motivation of social behavior, attitude to the environment largely depends on the individual and collective values. Monitoring sociological surveys shows the continuity of values between generations in different age groups. Respondents name such values as family, material well-being, health, children's well-being, respect and others as preferable. At the same time, the value hierarchy and set of values are not the same in their representation in the Chechen and Russian languages. This is influenced by different codes of culture and social experience accumulated in the languages. In surveys in the Chechen language, honor, dignity, rivalry in nobility and others are often singled out as values. At the same time, respondents rarely note environmental values as vital, which indicates a weakening of civic and traditional environmental culture. In reality, egoism and a consumer attitude to life and nature dominate among some people. The conclusion emphasizes the role of municipal government bodies in the formation of environmental values and culture.