ON THE WAY ECOLINGUISTICS CAN BE APPLIED TO THE STATE OF CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN LANGUAGE
In the article a definition of this scientific subject is given on the basis of the author`s research and the overview of scientific literature and publicistic writing. Besides, the author formulates and comments on the research problems relevance of which is dictated by the language and cultural situation in present-day Russia. The author substantiates the necessity of studying language problems in close connection with the state of teaching of literature and poses a question about the legitimacy of ecolinguistics as an independent scientific discipline.