Keyword: «tools of word-formation»

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.