LEXICAL INTERFERENCE IN THE LANGUAGE OF YOUNG PEOPLE (BASED ON SOCIAL MEDIA)

Abstract

The article discusses the concept of lexical interference in relation to the language of young people. The article defines the term “language interference” and its relation to the concept of “language ecology”. The “language ecology” implies that any language is changes as a result of the influence of various sociocultural factors. As an object of research, the interaction and mutual influence of languages in the minds of speakers of bilingual environment is studied. In today’s world we can witness a complex and ambiguous process of interaction between two or more languages within the same linguistic society.

The main goal of the study is to analyze the mutual influence of the Kazakh, English and Russian languages on the based on Internet communication. Using the quantitative and contextual methods, the authors determine the main forms of lexical interference in the texts of such social networks as Twitter, Instagram and Telegram. From the demonstrated contexts, it is clear that language is a constantly evolving and transforming system. Changes in the language system depend on several factors, such as the processes of jargonization and neologization, as well as the phenomena of language contacts. Based on the study, the authors come to the conclusion that in the bilingual and multilingual environment, the linguistic consciousness of a person refers to the language systems of other languages. Of all levels of language, it is at the lexical level that changes occur most evidently.