ABOUT THE CONVERGENCE OF MECHANISMS OF ARGOTIC WORD-CREATION (BASED ON THE MATERIAL OF THE LATEST SYNCHRONOUS CUT OF THE FRENCH YOUTH ARGOT)

Abstract

Word-formation aspect is one of the most important areas of argotological research of Russian and foreign linguists. The focus of this article is on the description of models of convergent argotic word formation, by means of which specific and nonspecific methods of forming unconventional vocabulary are combined. The main research methods are descriptive-analytical and symptomatic statistics. The research reveals the fact that more than 10% of youth argotisms of the newest synchronous cut are formed through the convergence of specific and nonspecific mechanisms, while the most frequent are combinations that include such techniques as verlan, truncation (apocopy), fantasy suffixation. Both models demonstrate the desire of the youth vocabulary to save language resources.