Keyword: «sociolect»

In the paper lexical features of marginal declassed elements subcultures society elements are considered in two leading English-speaking countries – Great Britain and the USA, and also English-speaking marginal society, the subculture corresponding to it and a psychological component of this aspect. Sociolinguistic features of formation and functioning the sociolect lexicons of marginal subcultures in an areal sociolect differentiation. On the basis of the conducted research it is offered to allocate the sociolinguistic potential of verbal lingocreative activity of a lexicon of marginal subcultures users in aspects of areal geolect-historical and psychological differentiation.

This article examines the results of lexical analysis and exhibits features of digital medical discourse when communicating online in personal journals posted on the LiveJournal blogging platform. During the study, it was determined that the specificity of medical nickname lies in their possible association on a thematic basis. It has been established that the medical nickname is a significant attribute of the linguistic personality speech portrait and possess a differentiating, definitive and implicit educational functions. It is determined that blogosphere users possess extensive knowledge of medical terminology and professional slang, but the high terminological text density does not promote to the author's self-presentation in the blogosphere. Analysis of the environment, where communication is natural and spontaneous, allowed us to find out that the euphemization, which demonstrates the author’s linguistic tolerance, is one of the most prominent features of medical online communication.

The paper considers the term “sociolect” and the factors which influence its use. One of the most widespread sociolects of the Internet called “LOLspeak” together with the peculiarities of its orthography, grammar and word-formation is used as an example. The author of the paper emphasizes the importance of acceptation of sociolects as a factor determining the identity of its speakers.