MODERN INTERNET DISCOURSES: REFLECTION OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN VOCABULARY

Abstract

The objective of the study is to identify the impact of Covid-19 on vocabulary changes in the social network “VKontakte”. The article examines the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on lexical changes in the Russian language, which manifested themselves in the social network “VKontakte”, the most popular in the Russian-speaking segment, whose daily audience grew during the period of coronavirus infection. As part of the justification of this influence, various lexical expressions are highlighted, as well as their sources are briefly characterized, real examples of posts and messages from users of this social network are selected. The scientific novelty of the research can be traced at the empirical level. The axiomatic provisions on the presence of Covid-19 influence on the vocabulary of the Russian language were illustrated and confirmed through a selection of examples from the “VKontakte”. The study reveals that the pandemic has brought many changes to the structure and content of the Russian language. These changes are foun in the “VKontakte”, which is still full of “covid vocabulary”.