Conceptual model of azerbaijani language ecosystem in the electronic government
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https://doi.org/10.46661/ccselap-11174Keywords:
e-government, language diversity, linguistic technologies, Language preservationAbstract
Introduction. The digital age, characterized by the development of technology and benefits of the Internet, threatens the preservation of linguistic diversity. Technological revolutions, disasters, pandemics, wars and rapid changes in the demographic situation in the world lead to the destruction of language ecosystems and the disappearance of language diversity. In this regard, protection of language diversity has become one of the urgent issues in the rapidly globalizing world under the influence of information technologies. Therefore, safeguarding the Azerbaijani language and expanding language services on the e-government platform are crucial concerns. This study aims to analyze the challenges and opportunities for integrating the Azerbaijani language into e-government platforms in the context of digitalization and globalization Methodology. The article examines approaches, views and initiatives related to the impact of globalization on the linguistic-cultural space and language processes. Effects on languages of peoples of the world in the digital age and innovations caused by digitization were analyzed, an overview of related works was conducted, and problems of the Azerbaijani language in online environment were indicated. Results and Discussion. This article studies conceptual bases of Azerbaijani language ecosystem formation in the e-government. It explores the preservation of linguistic diversity and the implementation of linguistic technologies in e-government. The study highlights the necessity of developing various language services to establish a unified system. We propose that in order to protect the Azerbaijani language in the integrated information space, it is necessary to develop national, corporate and individual language corpus. The technical integration of the language at various levels in the e-government will create ample opportunities for the formation and development of the national language corpus. The article proposes approaches and a conceptual model regarding the formation of Azerbaijani language ecosystem on e-government platform and indicates complex issues to be solved by application of linguistic technologies.
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