REALIZATION OF TOLERANCE IN LANGUAGE AS AN ELEMENT OF MULTICULTURAL COMPETENCE

Abstract

This article analyzes the phenomenon of realization of tolerance in language
regarded as a part of person’s or social group’s multicultural competence and
explains the main difference between the following terms: “realization of tolerance in
language”, “linguistic tolerance”, “verbal tolerance” and “metalinguistic tolerance”.
The article studies the role played by the process of realization o f tolerance in
language in intercultural communication and presents an attempt to standardize some
of the definitions used in the study of linguistic conflicts.