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the fact that language is weave into all the our activities and intermediate field would be composed by items of thought
also that gives our language its peculiar character. such as love, truth, fellowship.
The intercommunication between language and Thirdly, larger circle encircles “ordinary” items used
religion is so perspicuous around the world that it cannot most frequently outside the religious register to refer to
be neglected. Contemporary world and people obviously objects, attitudes and relationships, but which can be utilized
has certainrelationships of attitudes and religion within in an “extraordinary” manner to a divine or religious
and between people of societies. Specifically, language is referent like father, kingdom, shepherd, rock of ages, vine.
the medium and mean of communication. Language by its This meaning may be stipulated by biblical or liturgical
subdivisions in the macro level and micro level can be tradition. However, the process as everyday items
the medium of every communication. The basis of “adopted” into religious language isstill productive in
communication can be different in different contexts, genres, present-day theological discourse.
and situations. Specifically, at the third of these lexical levels, a
Thefunctions might contain saying the prayer, number of remarks are considered in order. The
saying the rosary, leading a procession, giving a sermon, characterof religious language reflects lexical choice, and a
performing burial and funeral rites and etc. It can also number of words and meanings or appear with a necessarily
comprise verbal and nonverbal uses of language to fulfill a various rate of frequency (abide, behold, betray,
function. Different contexts, situations and different covetousness, dwell, everlasting, fowls.
discourses confinethe use of languages to perform an Patterns of synonymy and of collocation are
action. Moreover, social status of the people, their differentiatedfrom those words in ordinary usage: “Father
pedagogical place, policy making of the society may in heaven” cannot be paraphrased as “Daddy in the sky”;
handicaps. Sociological and sociolinguistic policies in a and God “dwells”, but does not “live” in a particular loci.
society and culture can impact on the use of language. Furthermore, those collocations that are biblically
Variousdivarication can body the society in diverse stipulated such as King of Kings, Heart and soul, Valley of the
countries throughout the world. Shadow of Death and like that. The Christian context also
Media and education play an important role by comprises for a number of words and expressions which
controlling the discourse and paradigms of the society. outside the liturgical context may seem extemporaneous:
Education is treated as a position where state and society are the combination precious + death refers to the
reflected and challenged, where tensions arise over control of power of Chris’s sacrifice;
minds and bodies, and over interpretations and uses of eat + body and drink + blood have here no
religion and culture. cannibalistic connotations.
Based on discourse and information structure The language of a liturgy is a set of particular verbal
theories, writers, journalists, speakersreproduce a context forms used in official communities on behalf of a religion. This
what they prefer. Additionally, their reproductionsare is a completely exceptional language usually used by the
contextually based on the mentality which is considered to speech-community.
be acquired in the society.Those are all liked to the meta In conclusion, the distinctive goal of English in
communication aspects of language that is creation ofpower, religious and divine point of view is to help learners become
dominance and other functions. more proficient at reading and understanding theological
There are various terms for the type of language issues written in English, providinga clear instruction on that
use: English for Theological Studies, Christian discourse, matter as they are aboutto comprehend theological books
Islamic discourse, Religious language, English for Bible and publications of English.
and Theology, Theological English, Christian religious
language, Islamic English, the Public Language of Worship, the REFERENCES:
English Religious Dialect, a Liturgical language, etc. and we
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center of which is constituted by a relatively small set of of TSU named after G. R. Derzhavin, 2001. P.162—
obviously religious terms like God, baptize. Secondly, 164.