YOUTH SLANG IN THE SPEECH OF A MODERN STUDENT
The relevance of this study lies in the fact that its problems are associated with the development of the theory of speech activity and the problems of speech communication of the modern students as the basis for the future development of the language system of the Russian language. Purpose: to identify the features of youth slang in the speech of a modern student, to determine the degree of its impact on language culture. Methods: scientific and theoretical analysis of the literature on the problems of research, linguistic analysis of the data obtained during observation, linguistic experiment. Results: the article discusses the essence of youth slang, the relationship between the concepts of "youth" and "school" slang, defined age boundaries; studied the lexical and derivational features of slangisms, the sources of their replenishment; several lexical-thematic groups of these lexical units are presented that are most often used in the vocabulary of students, the reasons for the use of slang expressions in colloquial speech, the spread of slang into other types of discourse are revealed, slangisms used in colloquial speech of students are analyzed, including in active and passive vocabulary. The author's attention is also focused on computer gaming slang, which occupies an important place in the vocabulary of modern students, who are gamers in most cases. Scientific novelty: it was concluded that slang, having its own specifics, makes the speech of students emotionally rude, in addition, slangisms often go beyond the limits of colloquial discourse, simplifying speech, making it poor, expressionless. Practical significance: this study complements the existing in linguistics ideas about the concept of "youth (school) slang"; it can be used in the scientific and methodological aspect, for example, when creating dictionaries of this sociolect.