Ключевое слово: «vocabulary»

In this article the relevance of the study of such a linguistic phenomenon as abbreviation is considered and substantiated. The article reveals the concept of "abbreviation", provides the analysis and the result of the study of the peculiarities of the functioning of lexical units of ab-breviations in the English language system. The article considers the ways of formation of new lexical units in the process of abbreviation, gives a general classification of abbreviations and abbreviations in the example of the original dictionary (latinism, abbreviations commonly used in SMS, abbreviations in spoken language, abbreviations of the journalistic style, abbreviations used in online games and Internet community (online slang).