Keyword: «sports vocabulary»

The article deals with the most mobile part of the language system – vocabulary. The authors are interested in the ways of its renewal taking place in the modern Russian language. Sports vocabulary is chosen as an illustrative material. Based on theoretical research and practical observations, it is proved that the language of sports is becoming one of the most intensively developing lexical systems. A classification of sports vocabulary is proposed. The most productive lexical groups are singled out, due to which the words of sports topics are replenished. Anglicisms, neologisms, phraseological units and slang are described in detail.