Authors’ names:
Kristina G. Golubeva, Anastasia O. Bespalova – N. A. Dobrolyubov Linguistics University of Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Abstract:
The paper presents a multidimensional analysis of slang nominations of persons in modern English. It substantiates the status of slang as a socio-cultural, discursive, and psycholinguistic phenomenon, defines the principles of the nomination of persons, and considers the ways of formation of slang names of a person. The research material comprises nominations of persons in modern English. The study is based on the methods of linguistic observation, description, interpretation, and generalization, as well as methods of lexical and word-formation analysis.
| Section | LANGUAGE AND CULTURE |
| DOI: | 10.47388/2072-3490/lunn2023-63-3-51-57 |
| Downloads | 327 |
| Key words | slang units; nominations of persons; slang word formation; socio-cultural phenomenon |