To the question of abbreviation in a modern language Cover Image

К вопросу о роли аббревиации в современном языке
To the question of abbreviation in a modern language

(on the English massmedia texts basis)

Author(s): Svetlana Vasilyevna Moshcheva
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Communication studies
Published by: Lingvokulturologické a prekladateľsko-tlmočnícke centrum excelentnosti pri Filozofickej fakulte Prešovskej university v Prešove (LPTCE)
Keywords: expressive means; types of abbreviations; dynamics of the development of a modern language;

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the different types of abbreviation and its role in a language. The abbreviations are the most intensively developing units of English. Consequently, there is the distinctive interest to abbreviations in modern linguistics. The author considers the abundance of abbreviations to be the characteristic feature of massmedia texts of any modern language. It is concluded that the process of global integration plays the leading role in the activization and development of abbreviations in modern English.

  • Issue Year: 5/2014
  • Issue No: 19-20
  • Page Range: 0-0
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: English, Russian