On Study of Professional Sociolect as Language Universalia
The concept of a “professional sociolect” is considered in the paper in terms of a sociolinguistic approach. A definition is given to the language phenomenon under consideration. Sociolect is studied as a complex of a language unique features that are characteristic for some of the social group. The concept is being studied with the purpose of its structure and base components specification. The basic categories of the language phenomenon under consideration have been accentuated within the specification offered. The influence of professional sociolects on the people’s everyday utterance and their degree of stabilization in the literary canons of the national language has been also investigated by the authors. The professional sociolect of oil and gas engineers was taken as an example.