Integration as a dynamic factor of the french language system

Abstract

The article analyzes the integration processes in the French language (on the example of the language of economics). These processes are based on interaction and synchronous activation of different concepts. To understand the mechanism of integration processes, it is necessary to refer to the semantic structure of a linguistic unit, which is a combination of its lexical meanings. The value of a language unit is structured according to the field principle, and the components that form it form a hierarchy in brightness. Dynamic processes in the semantic structure of a unit — actualization or neutralization – provide the mobility of a language unit, its ability to create and realize a certain number of meanings, depending on the communicative task. In the process of integration, the interaction of components in a certain combination allows you to create integrative options. As a result of these processes, new meanings appear that are verbalized by a certain linguistic unit and fixed by context. The integration processes are determined by the reactions of relations in the semantic structure of a language unit, which allows the components of a language unit to interact with others within the same language level. The main forces acting in the semantic structure of a linguistic unit are defined in the work as semantic attraction and semantic repulsion. The processes of language integration are quite complex, they go through several stages conditionally. Similar processes can take place both between components within the semantic field of a linguistic unit, this process is denoted as intra-field integration, and between components of semantic fields of two or more units, this process is characterized as inter-field integration. The essence of these processes is the constant desire of components to create such a combination that leads to the ultimate semantic value at this historical stage of language development.