The Linguacognitive Base of Bilinguals

Abstract

The following article describes the formation of linguacognitive level of linguistic personality as a necessary requirement of the second language acquisition. The formation of the linguacognitive base of the secondary linguistic personality is considered on the example of comparison of cultural attitudes in native and second languages. The materials of the comparison indicate that the use of language as an instrument of explication of the mental formations provides insight into the cognitive base of linguistic identity that should be the basis of a new methodological approach, called