THE CAUSES AND FUNCTIONS OF CALL SIGNS IN MODERN MILITARY PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION

Abstract

In the last few years, military call signs have entered the information space of the Internet and television. They are studied from the point of view of the performed functions, the features of the structural and thematic organization. But most studies do not take into account the reasons for the call sign. The purpose of our work is to describe the causes of the call signs and further clarify their function in the military professional sphere. The main method of identifying the reasons for the appearance of the call sign is a survey of cadets of the Omsk Armored Engineering Institute who participated in the SVO. The researcher of work has identified three main groups of reasons for the appearance of call signs: 1) first name, last name, patronymic or nickname of the call sign holder; 2) personal characteristics of the serviceman; 3) events that occurred in which the call sign holder became a participant. Depending on the identified reasons, call signs perform, in addition to generally recognized functions, the function of self-expression, group and individual identity, symbolic function and the function of expressing irony.