Influence of English Loan Words on Modern Ukrainian Youth Slang

Abstract.

THE INFLUENCE OF ANGLICISMS ON MODERN UKRAINIAN YOUTH SLANG

Olena Dmytrenko

Germanic Philology and Translation Department, National University “Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic”, Poltava, Ukraine.

Serhiy Kokhan

Germanic Philology and Translation Department, National University “Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic”, Poltava, Ukraine.

Background: Humankind exists in constant relations of economic, political, scientific and cultural nature. The flow of borrowed words and terms from the English language into Ukrainian has been growing rapidly recently. It is a source that enriches the lexicon of our native language. As of today, there exists the necessity for a comprehensive research of Ukrainian youth slang as a separate layer of the national language, which would take into the account English borrowings. This is especially true of the computer technology field. The other important task would be to clarify the expediency of using English originated words in the modern Ukrainian youth lexicon.

The purpose: to study the role played by anglicisms in modern Ukrainian youth language.

Results: The study outlines the positive and negative features of influence created by anglicisms on modern Ukrainian youth slang as well as indicates the main causes behind such linguistic phenomenon. It also clarifies the crucial role played by anglicisms in the formation of vocabulary of modern young man and provides examples of anglicisms that have become an intrinsic part of Ukrainian everyday youth lexicon. The authors emphasize the importance of careful and reasonable selection of foreign borrowings and warn against excessive use of anglicisms, which can lead to the impoverishment of the native language and the loss of its identity.

Discussion. Alongside that, it should be taken into the account that the language of every nation functions and develops in the context other languages and is influenced by the world as the whole. This, in turn, makes it impossible to isolate certain particular language from other languages.

Keywords: anglicisms, comparative analysis, lexical means, youth slang, functional style.

Vitae. Olena Dmytrenko is a Candidate of Philology, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of Germanic Philology and Translation Department at National University “Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic”. Her areas of research interests include lexicology, stylistics, German language teaching.

Correspondence: edmitrenko@rambler.ru

Vitae. Serhiy Kokhan is a Master’s student of Germanic Philology and Translation Department at National University “Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic”. His areas of research interests include lexicology, contrastive linguistics, translation studies.

Correspondence: ioserhiy@gmail.com

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