TY - SER AU - Smokotin,Vladimir M. AU - Petrova,Galina I. AU - Gural,Svetlana K. TI - The role of natural languages as lingua francas in the course of human history KW - естественные языки KW - межкультурные связи KW - глобализация KW - межъязыковые связи KW - лингва франка KW - английский язык KW - статьи в журналах N1 - Библиогр.: 24 назв N2 - The article considers the use of natural rather than constructed (or artificial) languages as means of international communication in overcoming interlingual and intercultural barriers. The authors seek answers to the question whether natural languages have proved their effectiveness as tools of international communication. Another important line of research is determining the factors that have played a decisive role in the choice of some natural languages as lingua francas in the history of international relations. Finally, the authors explore the factors that have contributed to the transformation of English from one of the most widespread natural languages into the language of global communication UR - http://vital.lib.tsu.ru/vital/access/manager/Repository/vtls:000583202 ER -