The article observes the purpose, role and main means of language policy in the virtual space. The research in this work bases on descriptive and comparative methods. This work states that the presence of many languages in a single virtualcommunicative field gives rise to cross-language conflicts in the Internet space. On the background of this conflict situation the analysis of language policy in the virtual space determines the scientific significance and novelty of this study. The article also considers the phenomenon of the globalization of language means, which plays an important role in the modern communicative space. It also analyzes the social stratification of languages in the virtual space. It is emphasized that the virtual space creates conditions for the sustainable existence of languages, ensures the realization of their communicative potential. Using the Internet as the main channel for exchanging information, spreading and summarizing the global communication community in a single center, globalization leads to the dominant role of some languages and the lowering of the social status of others. When summing up, the authors note that despite the fact that the Internet has turned into a field of interlingual conflicts, the dominant language that serves the global level of communication does not encroach on the usual areas of functioning of local languages.

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The article examines the methods and computer programs for experimental phonetics. Studies of experimental phonetics give more accurate results and for this reason it is interesting for many researchers in various scientific fields. This article is up-to-date because the materials and methods of experimental phonetics presented here are considered from the point of view of digital technology, which is the most relevant area of the present. The purpose of our study is to analyze computer programs for phonetic studies using the example of studies already made by various researchers. During the research when analyzing scientific work with the software such as PRAAT and Speech analyzer, we focus on descriptive and comparative descriptive methods. Summing up the results, the article notes that at the moment experimental phonetics reached a new level thanks to computer technologies. The materials of this study may be interesting for young phoneticists and linguists, as the newest source of information in this area.