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WORD-FORMING ASPECT OF COMPUTER SLANG IN INTERNET
DISCOURSE
Mukimova Gulandom Akhatovna
Lecturer of the Department of Russian language and literature, Faculty of
philology, Bukhara State University
Summary:
In this article is considered sources and ways of formation of slang
words in the language environment of the Internet
Keywords:
Internet user, lexicon, anglicism, computer technologies, language
circle, slang, translation, reduction, playful way, sublanguage of programmers, slang
reduction, alphanumeric form, adaptation, English-language term, not computer
synonym, type of communication
In the last decade, communication on the Internet has been especially popular
among people of all ages, and especially young people. Nowadays , this type of
communication has become extremely diverse and has both certain advantages and
disadvantages. Internet communication, as a type of communication, was formed not
so long ago, but, despite this, it has characteristic features that distinguish it from other
types of communication. The language environment of the Internet has led to
particularly close attention to the functioning of the Russian language at different levels
of its system [1].
The vocabulary of Internet users can also be both literary and non-literary, rarely.
But there is also profanity, obscene language, usually expressed in the form of a chaotic
set of characters or replacing part of a word with them. According to the philologist,
professor of Moscow State University GasanHuseynov, foul language is inevitable,
although it is prosecuted by law as petty hooliganism.
The language of Internet users is also differentiated by age and professional
categories, by the level of knowledge of computer technologies, by the interests of
users or their preferred activities. For example, . Each group of users is characterized
by the use of certain lexical constructions, which may be partially or not familiar to
other groupsIt can be assumed that this part is insignificant compared to the general
vocabulary of the Russian language and can hardly affect it in a significant way. In
addition, each group of users to varying degrees is characterized by the use of one or
another type of vocabulary: slang, jargon, professional terminology, literary language.
The exact share distribution of language types by subgroups is unknown, since such
studies have not yet been conducted. However, the younger generation is more likely
to use slang. Slang replaces the younger generation with complex linguistic
constructions that they have not yet mastered very well.When the time for games, fun
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and entertainment fades into the background, they have to master a more businesslike,
official literary language, which should replace slang with it.
According to the type of word formation, computer slang and terminology can
be divided into the following groups: abbreviations, synonymy, translation, tracing,
phonetic mimicry, including game substitution of names with similar words by
property or pronunciation, modification or replacement of words for emotional
expression, and others.
Most Russian computer terms and slang words are borrowed from foreign
languages, more often from English. Their basis is the translation or pronunciation of
the relevant concepts.
The following neologisms were formed by fixing their pronunciation by means
of Russian graphics: internet (internet), hard drive (Winchester), computer (computer),
interface (interface), cursor (cursor), cache (cache), driver (driver), cartridge
(cartridge). ).
The second group of neologisms arose as a result of the translation of the
meaning of the English source word: windows (windows), bookmark (bookmark),
background (background), mouse (mouse), basket (basket), keyboard (keyboard), save
(save), drag ( drag), reboot (reboot, reload, restart).
Some words are formed by abbreviating names, and are often used in this form,
for example, VGA, TIFF, VBA, RAM, IP, CD-ROM, HD, DVD, FAT.
Slang abbreviations are more free-form than terms, and established phrases are
abbreviated, e.g. known, IMHO (In My Humble Opinion) - In my humble opinion,
LOL (Lot Of Laugh) - very funny, I'm dying of laughter, GL (good luck) - good luck.
Or the same abbreviations are used, but written in Russian letters, for example, IMHO,
LOL, AFAIK, etc.
Often slang abbreviations take an alphanumeric form, replacing syllables with
numbers similar in pronunciation, for example, 4GET (Forget) - Forget it, ME2 (Me
too) - Me too, 10X (Thanks) - thank you.
It must be said that there are much fewer similar abbreviations formed from
Russian phrases and words, since the Internet entered the Russian-speaking space later.
Although there are truncated forms of Russian words, for example, computer -
computer, programmer - programmer, program - program, robot - bot, register -
register, laptop - laptop, beech.
A large number of anglicismsis included not only in modern Russian, but also
in other languages. Many technical English terms have appeared in foreign languages
as new technologies have been invented in English-speaking countries. In the United
States, for example, the Internet was invented.
But not only other languages borrow English words, English itself, to a greater
extent than other languages, has absorbed tens of thousands of French, Spanish,
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German, Latin, Greek, Russian and other words [2]. The interaction of languages is
growing, perhaps this is some tendency towards the formation of a commonality in
languages, interpenetration.
Linguists try to record borrowings and publish them in dictionaries. So, for
example, the publishers of the 145,000th Concise Oxford Dictionary of Modern
English announce in the preface that the compilers systematically monitor French,
German, Russian and Spanish loanwords in order to catch their entry into a living
language in time (for example, “perestroika”, “politburo” or "siloviki"). There is a
three-volume dictionary of anglicisms in German, dictionaries of anglicisms are also
published in Russia, for example, the dictionary of M.Yu. Semenova, and in Japanese
even a separate alphabet was allocated for writing foreign words.
Many new fashionable words in the Russian language sometimes lead to their
unconscious use, to inconsistencies and errors, a large number of which disturb
linguists. Sometimes a mistake seems attractive to society and becomes popular,
forming new forms of a word or slang. This is a well-known phenomenon in linguistics
and is called solecism - an irregularity recognized as the norm [3].
Often, translators and publishers also offer the public not the most formally
correct, but the most convenient and pronounceable spelling of foreign words, for
example, office and passport, instead of office and passport, or Manhattan, instead of
Manhattan, on purpose, so as not to provoke the stress on the last syllable, as in words
Hindustan or Magadan.
Much of the slang used on the Internet is designed not only to convey
information in a concise and simplified form, but also to enliven it with a humorous
tinge.
It is also a playful form of word formation, which gives communication some
enthusiasm in order to cheer up, relieve tension, diversify a boring professional
conversation, find a common language that contributes to a quick rapprochement and
exchange of information.
This is used not only by young people, but sometimes by the adult generation.
The use of such words is often caused by the desire to joke or "speak the same
language’’.
Often the purpose of name substitution is not only humor, but also irony, as well
as a manifestation of aggression or rejection, including in relation to an object or a
foreign word, for example, winduha, winduza, masdai (Windows), rat-drom (mouse
pad), softino (soft, program), muzzle (protective monitor screen). Slang is generally
characterized
by
expressiveness,
emotionality,
brightness,
figurativeness,
expressiveness. There can be quite a lot of slang "synonyms" for one concept.
Some words may be replaced by slang due to their similar pronunciation with
other words, for example, Bloomers from English shareware - shareware; Soap looks
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like English. Mail (mail); Firewood - drivers; Mazila - Mozilla browser; Luk, autglyuk
- Outlook mail program; Skis - LG; Quaker - a player in the computer game Quake;
Sneakers - KDE; Dolphin is a Delphi programmer; Doomer is a Doom player; Barsik,
Vasik - Basic programming language;
Beech - laptop; Avishnik is an avi file.
There are also words formed by turning a modified abbreviated form into a new
word, for example: Windows - Windows; Mother - motherboard; Demo - demo
program; Network card - network card; download - download
The fashion for other slang words also manifests itself in their frequent use in
colloquial speech and the media, but only a few of them become literary and generally
accepted.
LIST OF USED SOURCES
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