Abstract
The current paper describes the lexical units of youth sociolect and is aimed at monitoring youth speech. Special attention is given to heterogeneous social factors that influence the word usage in youth sociolect and involve micro-and macrosociolinguistic pilot projects on frequency occurrence of English words in a multicultural society. Miscrosociolinguistic analysis was focused on societal and gender differences in youth sociolect. The initial stage of the macrosociolinguistic monitoring included the questionnaire development, setting the boundaries of a sociolinguistic survey and the number of lexical items under consideration. The second step in the project was monitoring itself. Finally, the results of the monitoring were analyzed. The study was carried out through an online questionnaire, face-to-face and remote interviewing, with native English speakers and speakers of other languages from different countries and regions. The monitoring of usage frequency demonstrated that a limited number of English lexical units are used in interpersonal and professional communication; the other part of words presents a diverse picture. The respondents involved in professional activity tend to demonstrate more tolerance to the youth sociolect than ordinary people. The analysis proved the point about the heterogeneous character of sociolect usage by youth and its dependence on the sphere of communication.
Highlights
Recent decades have seen different research perspectives on analyzing the English influence on receptor languages that is resembled in publications in this country and abroad
The analytical method of correlation is used to understand the links between dependent and independent variables where such variables as age, education, social status, geographic distribution, and others are described in terms of quantity
The answers to the RQ1 and RQ2 show no significant difference in frequency and sphere usage of anglicisms among male and female university and higher school students
Summary
Recent decades have seen different research perspectives on analyzing the English influence on receptor languages that is resembled in publications in this country and abroad. We assume that English words are socioculturally marked lexical units in a receptor language that reflect the speaker’s attitude to a loanword in the language, his / her status and gender as well. In other words, they may appear as an “admission ticket” to certain social groups of society. They may appear as an “admission ticket” to certain social groups of society It is the youth who is mostly affected by the English language. This article adopts an understanding of “youth language” as a language variety, it is youth sociolect, which is characterized by individual and social parameters (age, social status, language competence, and gender).
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callMore From: Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Serija 2. Jazykoznanije
Disclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
