Keyword: «borrowing»

The article is devoted to the ways of influence of Internet on the sphere of youth communication. The definition of "slang" is given; the characteristic features of youth slang in Internet communication are presented. The Usage of slang in various spheres of life of modern youth is analyzed. The examples of Anglicisms in modern speech are considered.

Any language constantly changes, it happens thanks to the imagination of the people who speak it, jokes, historical aspects and the expansion of other peoples. The base that we have now in English has acquired a modern look thanks to borrowings from other languages. Mainly, innovations occurred under the influence of the German invasions and the development of the aristocracy.

The article examines the newest units of youth slang in the modern Russian language. Their use by young people is analyzed using the material of the social network "VKontakte". It is noted that they are used in Internet communication very often and serve various purposes. With their help, young people describe relationship problems, characterize and evaluate themselves and others, express feelings. Not only the functions of slangisms are diverse, but also the methods of their formation.

The article examines the use of words and combinations related to the thematic sphere of artificial intelligence (AI) by users of the social network "VKontakte". It is noted that users often turn to this vocabulary, while the set of language units is not very large. The most frequently used lexemes are artificial intelligence, AI and neural network, although rarer terms are also encountered. Functional analysis shows that most often with the help of AI vocabulary, the speaker communicates some information to the addressees. A positive assessment of AI and related phenomena often has an advertising focus. A negative assessment is associated with doubts about the safety of AI for humans.

This article examines issues related to the ways of replenishing the lexical-semantic group of nouns with the meaning ‘drink’ in modern English. The article attempts to analyze the ways of replenishing the studied group of lexical units and to identify the most representative ways. The article describes such sources of replenishing the lexical-semantic group as word formation, borrowing and semantic derivation.