Slang

Introduction

Speech activity has always been in the focus of interests of modern linguistics and is closely correlated with cognitive linguistics, first and foremost with psychology, sociology, cultural science. To this number is undoubtedly referred a linguistic notion of slang. There exist a great number of researches concerning slang and the authors treat this phenomenon in various scientific systems (Sh. Johnson, D. Crystal, I.R. Galperin, J.E. Lighter, A.Thorne, etc.).

The topicality of the given investigation is connected with the fact that at the beginning of the XXI-st century computers have became the integral part of our everyday life, therefore the necessity has emerged in developing interpretative techniques of the computer language processing.

The scientific novelty of this work is in the investigation of the problems of translation of computer slang of the English language.

The aim of the paper is defined as revealing the basic characteristics of the computer vocabulary of the English language. Realization of this aim demands the solution of the following tasks:

-to disclose the linguistic nature of the notion “slang”;

-to review basic problems of translation theory;

-to specify the classification of English computer slang and deduce the main rules of its translation.

The composition of the work is as follows:

In the introduction the subject matter, the aim, the tasks and the topicality of the investigation are outlined.

Chapter I is devoted to studying slang, its functions and etymological roots, to highlighting the main problems of translation in modern linguistics.

Chapter II deals with examining translation techniques and submits the classification of English computer slang.

Conclusion provides the summary of the course paper and discusses the prospects of further, more detailed studying of computer slang.

The methods applied to the investigation are as follows: the definition analysis of slang units; the elements of contextual and stylistic analysis of computer slang.

The theoretical value of the work is in the subsequent elaboration of the questions which are connected with the studying of computer language, on-line speech activity.

The practical value of the investigation is determined by the fact that the results of the research which were obtained in the course of analysis