Keyword: «online communication»

The article is dedicated to the emergence and development of such a linguistic phenomenon as «abbreviation», as well as to the function of this language phenomenon in modern online communication and in the context of socio-cultural characteristics, in this case, of English language. The article deals with issues related to the history of the origin and distribution of this language element. The authors also give examples of abbreviations that clearly demonstrate the main trends in their use in modern communication in the Internet.

Today the Internet is the most important source of information. Internet resources help to find the necessary information about work or study, order the desired product, exchange information on social networks, make a video call, etc. The constant development of information technology leads to the emergence of a new communication environment – online communication. The Internet Language is mainly represented by colloquial vocabulary, slang, jargon and loan words. A type of Internet slang is the digital language of online communication – Digispeak.