THE USE OF COMPOUND WORDS IN THE PROFESSIONAL LANGUAGE OF MILITARY PERSONNEL

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to analyze the features of the functioning of the abbreviation in the military sphere. The objectives of the study are to determine the role and specifics of the use of abbreviations in official documents of the military sphere; conducting a survey among cadets of a military university and identifying the features of the use of abbreviations in the professional jargon of cadets. The authors claim that there is an active penetration of abbreviations from the language of official papers into the oral speech of cadets. When using an abbreviation in the jargon of cadets, elements of a language game are highlighted, methods and techniques of its creation are studied. The practical significance of the research in the possibility of applying its results in the process of teaching linguistic disciplines at a university is lied.

Keywords

• аббревиация
• военная терминология
• язык официальных документов
• жаргон
• языковая игра
• abbreviation
• military terminology
• language of official documents
• jargon
• language game