HYBRID VERBAL FORMATIONS IN THE SLANG OF RUSSIAN-SPEAKING GAMERS

Abstract

The article explores word-formation models of borrowed verbs with Russian affixes and describes the functioning of hybrid formations in the slang of Russian-speaking gamers. The causes of verbal hybrids in gaming communication are analyzed. It was found that for the studied verb lexemes, the same word-formation models are productive as in the Slavic verbs, which is due to both intralinguistic and social, extralinguistic factors. The article demonstrated a high frequency of verb formation with suffixes -и-and-ну- / -ону-, as well as verbs with prefixesвы-, до-, за-, на-, от-, пере-, по-, про-, с-.

Keywords

• game communication
• computer slang
• borrowed words
• affix
• word-formative model