Phonetic and graphic adaptation of English borrowings in Russian youth slang Cover Image

Adaptacja fonetyczna i graficzna anglicyzmów w rosyjskim slangu młodzieżowym
Phonetic and graphic adaptation of English borrowings in Russian youth slang

Author(s): Katarzyna Kubecka
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Philology
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: youth slang; alphabet; transliteration; practical transcription; variations; russified version

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses phonetic and graphic variations of majority of English borrowings in Russian youth slang, caused by the coexistence of two different methods of recording English borrowings with the letters of Russian alphabet. The findings of the analysis prove that the dominant way of transferring English borrowings into Russian slang corresponds with the slang's tendency to show the russified version of English pro- nunciation in a written form.

  • Issue Year: 44/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 359-369
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish