?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=ASPECTS+OF+METALINGUISTIC+ACTIVITY&rft.creator=Kashkin%2C+Viatcheslav+B.&rft.subject=Learnability&rft.subject=Psycholinguistics&rft.description=The+naive+language+user+acts+as+the+subject+investigating+(and+creating)+language.+The+metalinguistic+component+is+singled+out+as+one+of+those+components+of+language+activity+that+exercise+an+essential+influence+upon+its+organization+and+process.+Anyhow%2C+metalanguage+activity+is+also+carried+out+in+a+more+explicit+manner%3A+from+clearly+expressed+%22personal+theories%22+of+language+study+and+activity%2C+to+less+obvious+beliefs+concerning+the+essence+and+the+character+of+language+units+and+actions+%C2%96+mythologemes+of+language+activity.+As+well+as+any+other+activity%2C+metalanguage+activity+is+governed+by+dynamic+stereotyped+patterns%2C+which+form+a+mythological+picture+of+the+life+of+language+and+of+the+life+in+language+as+environment.+It+is+essential+for+understanding+human+language+activity+to+disclose+these+implicit+mechanisms.+All+words+in+language+seem+to+possess+a+mythological+nature.+Besides%2C+one+can+also+distinguish+mythologemes+of+general+systemic+and+procedural+character%2C+without+which+language+would+not+be+able+to+exist+and+to+be+executed.+Mythologemes+of+this+kind+constitute+the+language+game+as+such%3A+the+%22thingness%22+of+words+and+the+natural+discreteness+of+their+meanings.+The+mythological+character+of+the+users%C2%92+attitude+to+the+words+of+language+comes+to+light+when+roles+are+changed%3A+when+the+included+observer+who+is+usually+within+the+limits+of+the+'circle+of+language'+(Humboldt%C2%92s+metaphor)+changes+his+role+to+that+of+a+meta-observer.+The+negative+influence+of+mythologemes+on+language+activity+is+associated+with+the+swap+of+positions+and+temporary+moments+of+the+actual+language+process.+Many+mythologemes+in+language+teaching+are+formed+on+the+basis+(or+bias)+of+the+mechanistic+determinism+not+only+of+everyday+knowledge%2C+but+also+that+of+school+grammars.+A+systematic+study+of+proto-scientific+and+implicit+knowledge+of+language+should+bring+its+contribution+both+to+understanding+the+essence+of+language+activity%2C+and+to+the+task+of+optimizing+linguistic+technologies+(in+language+teaching%2C+mass+communication+etc.).&rft.date=1999&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F221%2F1%2FEAspectsMeta.htm&rft.identifier=++Kashkin%2C+Viatcheslav+B.++(1999)+ASPECTS+OF+METALINGUISTIC+ACTIVITY.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F221%2F