Shcherbina V.E.
CHEKINIT'SYA, INSTAGRAMIT'SYA, TVITIT'SYA… NETWORK NEOLOGIZMS AS A REPLENISHMENT OF THE YOUTH SLANG ^{[№ 1 ' 2017]}
The subject of the research in this article is an Internet slang as the thematic dominant lexicon of the youth. The material of the study are the network neologisms, which represent one of the ways of updating the language; the basic models of their formation are revealed. The theoretical propositions are supported by relevant examples from Internet slang of the German-speaking users. Slang is regularly used among young people of any educational institution, or a separate, more or less closed reference group, for example, users of the Internet as a way to hide the meaning of the pronounced speech from the people around them. Youth slang is a „password” of all members of the reference group. For the purposes of self-affirmation, for the wish to look modern, “advanced”, young people start to use words and phrases that are different from the standard speech. Diverse elements of vocabulary, foreign words, professionalism are used in the course, and to name the new devices, processes, phenomena neologisms are created. A large number of neologisms appear in connection with the creation of new, not previously existing types of Internet resources, Internet posts and technologies. At the same time the Internet creates a special environment of neologisms, which are not only computer terminology associated with the Internet, but also slang form of language, formed in the process of communication of Internet users. Neologisms that are arising to designate new devices, processes and participants of these processes on the Internet, successfully operate in this environment and are used for communication in the “world wide web”, they are called “network neologisms”. Network language has evolved from fashion trends to a new style of communication and the spelling on websites, blogs and chat rooms. The proportion of neologisms in the youth slang is large enough, the proportion of neologisms— “internettsializmov” — is huge. The most productive ways to enlarge them are the reduction, cropping, compounding, suffixes.

Pasechnaya L.A., Shcherbina V.E.
YOUTH SLANG IN COMMENTS ON A VIDEOHOSTING (IN THE GERMAN AND RUSSIAN LANGUAGES) ^{[№ 11 ' 2015]}
Youth slang represents the most interesting linguistic phenomenon, the existence of which is limited not only by the certain age frameworks as it is clear from its most nomination, but also by social, temporary and spatial frameworks. The integral part of youth life is both actual, and virtual communication with friends. Theresearch material of the peculiarities of the youth slang ist he commentaries to videoclips on videohosting YouTube in German and Russian. Commentators, as a rule, state the point of view about the videorecording which they have already seen either in a strictly positive or in a strictly negative way. Therefore German and Russian jargons are classified into three groups in the article: those that do not express the attitude of the author and those that express his positive or negative altitude. The research results show that the frequent users of the German-speaking videoportal YouTube use in written speech the jargons expressing their positive attitude to a videoclip. The jargons expressing a negative altitude of the user, are less in quantity, and significantly seldom the German speakers use the jargons which do not express any attitude. Users of Russian-speaking videoportal YouTube most often use the jargons which do not express any attitude to a videoclip in written speech. The jargons expressing any attitude of the user, in commentaries on a Russian-speaking hosting are met significantly seldom. The jargons expressing the positive attitude,are less in number. Thus it is possible to come to the conclusion, that the German youth, unlike the Russian one, is more inclined to express emotions in written speech and often states a verbal assessment to what they have seen. As far as the Russian youth is concerned, they express their opinion about videorecording that they have seen in the negative form. The young slang possesses the following features: an abundance of neologisms, special lexicon or jargons, anglo-americanisms, metaphors and abbreviations.