According to the experts, who are responsible for monitoring the penetration of foreign words in the Russian language and the preservation of its cleanliness, in recent years the use of foreign words significantly intensified.Indeed, even the ignorant in these matters man is obvious that we are our people are increasingly starting to resemble the English, and the older generation, and often ceases altogether to realize saturated Americanisms Russian speech.
judge the positive or negative impact on Russian loanwords give professionals involved in the protection of the purity of the Russian language, while they themselves try to figure out where penetrated into our lexicon the word "a priori".And do not be mistaken, applying it every day in his native language.
According Collegiate Dictionary, is a philosophical term, originating from the Latin word «a priori», which literally means "from the previous" (knowledge acquired consciousness without any experience).Without going into the complex philosophical terminology, we try to understand what it means "a priori" in the language of modern people.
How and when is appropriate to use this term?To date, there are no special rules governing the appropriateness of using the word "a priori."That means it can be used when events or facts described by you, do not require any proof, because they are true, do not need to be proved or unprovable.So often you can hear in proving anything in conversations people say that it is a priori known to all.
Therefore, we can use that word in all cases where it is important to emphasize the lack of evidence of the facts or the possibility of a preliminary clarification.For example: "In our area every stranger is a priori considered a rogue and a scoundrel."Or, "How is it possible - a priori record people crooks!»
Let's look at a few examples to help you better understand what it means "a priori".
«At the Philharmonic suddenly Often people, never before it do not attend, which a priori thought that listening to Mozart, Vivaldi and Chopin's very boring."(Until the experience of people thought that classical music - it is boring, so they accepted the truth, regardless of experience, are not having it).
«can not be considered a priori a person a criminal."(Lacking evidence and not based on the facts, a person can not be called other criminals).
Knowing that means "a priori", using the word correctly, the speaker always presents himself in a favorable light in the eyes of the interlocutors, emphasizing their great erudition and broad-minded.But do not forget that there are people who are very annoyed when people make speech errors due to misunderstanding of a word.
why people do not fully understand what it means "a priori", but this word is used throughout, without a clue as to what value it should be used, not only runs the risk of being accused of ignorance and being branded as uneducated man, but also to draw uponself righteous anger of the people calling for the purity of the Russian language and the absence of manifest error, both in conversation and in writing.
