SOCIOLINGUISTIC FACTORS OF NEOLOGIZATION OF DIGITAL SPACE (BASED ON THE EXAMPLE OF FRENCH AND ENGLISH LANGUAGES)

Abstract

The article is carried out within the framework of digital anthropology, a new interdisciplinary field of research that studies the interaction between humans and digital technologies. The article discusses the problem of the influence of IT on the process of language neologisation in the conditions of digitalisation of society. The analysis of empirical material has enabled the main sociolinguistic factors influencing the formation of IT neologisms in English and French to be identified. It is noted that there is a large number of terms in the sample obtained. Methods of formation of English and French IT neologisms are defined and described. The study seeks to elucidate the impact of the English language on the neological processes of the French language in the domain of information technology. It highlights trends towards concision and precision in the context of Internet communication, as well as the advent of novel social roles and statuses concomitant with the IT development. The role of contemporary values in the field of ecology in the process of neologization of the digital space is delineated.