Linguistic consciousness in the study of a language situation

Abstract
The article deals with the psycholinguistic aspect of the language situation. The main object of the article is the term «linguistic consciousness» considered as a linguocultural component of the language situation. The author analyses the specific features of linguistic consciousness of the modern bilingual Tuvans. Two levels of analysis are presented: structural and conceptual.

Keywords: linguistic consciousness, language situation, objective and subjective factors, the Tuvan language