An attempt of structural description of Computer slang in Russian and Polish Cover Image

Особенности образования компьютерного жаргона в русском и польском языках
An attempt of structural description of Computer slang in Russian and Polish

Author(s): Andrzej Narloch
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: Computer slang in Russian and Polish; Internet; semantic derivation; semantic metafory

Summary/Abstract: The article presents an attempt of structural description of Computer slang in Russian andPolish. Materiał dates from newest dictionaries, slang articles, Computer magazines and the Internet.Russian and Polish computer jargon is a result of process of borrowing mainly from Englishcomputer terminology. Adaptation of vocabulary in Russian language consists in structual-phonetictransformations of a foreign word, so that it resembles a word from Russian stock of lexemes.Polish computer jargon in more considerable degree is based on clean borrowings from English. Inboth languages apart from suffixed words and semantic derivation, semantic metafory, clippingand abbreviations play important role. Many units are marked stylistically. It concerns ironic,contemptuous or even low-class words.

  • Issue Year: 2006
  • Issue No: VIII
  • Page Range: 91-99
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Russian