Linguistic features of communication in the youth discourse of Ukrainian and English

The article is devoted to the research of typologically common and specific features of the Ukrainian and English youth speech. The study conducted on the material of quasi-spontaneous dialogues selected from Ukrainian and American feature films. Thes ystematic analysis demonstrate d that the linguistic peculiarities of the communication in Ukrainian and English youth discourse possess relevant common and specific ways of actualization of its lexical, grammatical and prosodic characteristics. The studying of language contacts in linguistics is considered to be very significant and interesting. The process of borrowing lexical units from one language into another cannot be prevented, as there are hardly any isolated nations and peoples in the world. Loan words enter the system of the recipient-language and in the course of time become assimilated in this language. Ukrainian, as most of modern languages, borrows and assimilates many lexical units from English. The main reason for it is the globalization of all spheres of human activity. The given article is devoted to some theoretical problems of English loan-words in different languages. Some important projects concerning the influence of anglicisms on European languages are touched upon. A short review of the main historical stages of borrowing English words into Ukrainian is also presented. Several definitions of the terms anglicism and americanism have been analyzed. An attempt has been made to identify the etymology of these groups of words. Structuring and systematizing the vocabulary of youth discourse based on thematic criteria is evident in the small number of thematic groups. In this case, a limited number of groups are compensated for by their relative quantitative saturation due to synonymy series. As specific language-speaking ways of English youth broadcasting, it is possible to note infixation and conversion.Different approaches of linguists as to the definition and etymology of these lexical units require further research.