Title variants
The influence of the English language on vocabulary and spelling of IRC chats in Polish and Russian - selected aspects
Languages of publication
Abstracts
The following article examines a variety of elements concerning the influence of the English language on the vocabulary and spelling of the IRC chats in Polish and Russian. After a short presentation of the IRC service itself and the conversations made through it, a number of examples of the jargon, the youth slang, the play with spelling, and the transcription of the Cyrillic alphabet, which appear in the medium, are presented. Most of the examples serve to illustrate the influence of the English upon the Polish and the Russian languages of the IRC users. Additionally, the examples prove the author’s assumption that IRC is a medium which stimulates linguistic creativity
Journal
Year
Volume
Pages
331-339
Physical description
Dates
published
2006-12-01
Contributors
author
- Poznań
References
Document Type
Publication order reference
Identifiers
ISSN
1427-549X
YADDA identifier
bwmeta1.element.desklight-4af1d2b4-7d17-4636-a5e8-899b581d932b