English Borrowings in the Language of the Russian Mass Media in the Recent Decades Cover Image

Англицизмы в русском языке (на материале русскоязычных средств массовой информации последнего десятилетия
English Borrowings in the Language of the Russian Mass Media in the Recent Decades

Author(s): Linas Selmistraitis
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: lexis; English borrowings; mass media; linguistic and extralinguistic factors; derivation; semantics.

Summary/Abstract: The current article deals with the process of borrowing the words from the English language into Russian. The influx of borrowings is conditioned by extralinguistic (economical, political changes, cultural contacts, "language fashion", etc.) and linguistic factors (language economy, etc). The number of English borrowings in the Russian language has increased in the last two decades. 12 semantically related groups of the most often used borrowings from the English language are presented in the article. On the derivational level Russian suffixes -изм, -aциj(a)-, -инг, -изaциj(a)- have become active in combining with English stems. Some English borrowings are still written in Latin or in Latin and Russian.

  • Issue Year: 08/2006
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 52-56
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Russian