Features of functioning slangism in the field of military aviation

Abstract

The article is devoted to the sociolinguistic study of slang in the field of military aviation. The relevance of the study is determined by the interest in issues related to the theoretical study of slangisms and their use in the language of military aviation. The purpose of the study is to study the distinctive features of slangisms in the field of military aviation in the lexical and semantic aspect.The research material was slangisms denoting the names of various aircraft, words and expressions that are used to designate certain objects, concepts or actions. As a result of the study: it has been proven that slang is a complex linguistic formation that reflects in the language the linguistic, sociological and cultural characteristics of an individual, manifested in the verbalization of his speech. A thematic classification of slang expressions is presented, based on their lexical and semantic analysis, conclusions are drawn about the peculiarities of the mentality of military aviation specialists.