LINGUISTIC PROCESSES IN THE MODERN GERMAN LANGUAGE

Abstract

The task of the article is to analyze the language processes taking place in the modern German language, identify changes caused by the active influence of the English language on it and predict future trends in its development. The article presents the results of the analysis of language processes that are characteristic of the modern German language, the definition of changes that are caused by the active influence of English on German. A number of reasons for borrowing English words (anglicisms) according to their main thematic groups presented in German are identified. The specificity of their assimilation by the recipient language is shown. The article contains a brief analysis of German loanwords in historical perspective.