TO THE PROBLEM OF MORPHEMIC DIVISION OF WORDS-ANGLICISMS IN THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE

Abstract

The article discusses the morpheme devision of anglicisms borrowed by the Russian language in the last decades of the XX century. In the process of mastering anglicisms, they acquire the property of being recognized by the native speakers of the Russian language as being segmented into significant parts – morphemes. This is facilitated by the presence of the borrowed words of the same linear segment and a common component of meaning in the semantic structure. The researcher clarifies the degree of dividing the base of anglicisms. It is revealed that words borrowed from the English language are at the extreme steps of the devision scale and are either indivisible units or words with free morpheme devision. The author comes to the conclusion about a fairly rapid development of the structure of anglicisms in the Russian language, which leads to their transition into the category of motivated, segmented units. The devidedness of anglicisms is determined by various factors of linguistic and extralinguistic nature.