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THE INFLUENCE OF AMERICAN MEDIA ON BRITISH SLANG: A SOCIOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS
Дата публикации
30.05.2026
Журнал
Scientific Epicenter
Аннотация
This article examines the influence of American media on British slang from a sociolinguistic perspective. Drawing on a content analysis of popular media (2018–2025), a survey of 120 British students aged 16–21 and thirty semi-structured interviews, the study traces how American lexical items enter British youth speech and which social factors – peer influence, platform exposure, age and identity work – govern their adoption. The findings indicate that American media does not displace British slang but diversifies it: borrowed items undergo semantic adjustment and combine with local forms into hybrids, and their use remains strictly register-sensitive.
Ключевые слова
American media
British slang
hybridization
identity
language change
lexical borrowing
sociolinguistics
youth language
Oʻzbekcha
AMERIKA OMMAVIY AXBOROT VOSITALARINING BRITANIYA SLENGIGA TA’SIRI: SOTSIOLINGVISTIK TAHLIL
Maqolada Amerika ommaviy axborot vositalarining britan slangiga ta’siri sotsiolingvistik nuqtai nazardan tahlil qilinadi. 2018–2025-yillardagi ommabop media kontent-tahlili, 16–21 yoshli 120 nafar britaniyalik talaba o‘rtasidagi so‘rovnoma va o‘ttizta intervyu asosida amerikacha so‘zlarning britan yoshlari nutqiga kirib kelish mexanizmlari hamda ularning o‘zlashtirilishiga ta’sir etuvchi ijtimoiy omillar o‘rganiladi. Natijalar Amerika ta’siri britan slangini siqib chiqarmasligini, balki uni boyitib, gibrid shakllar hosil qilishini va bu shakllar qo‘llanishi muloqot vaziyatiga qat’iy bog‘liqligini ko‘rsatadi.
Amerika mediasi
britan slangi
gibridlashuv
leksik o‘zlashuv
sotsiolingvistika
til o‘zgarishi
yoshlar tili
Русский
ВЛИЯНИЕ АМЕРИКАНСКИХ СМИ НА БРИТАНСКИЙ СЛЕНГ: СОЦИОЛИНГВИСТИЧЕСКИЙ АНАЛИЗ
В статье рассматривается влияние американских медиа на британский сленг с социолингвистической точки зрения. На материале контент-анализа популярных медиа (2018–2025), опроса 120 британских студентов и тридцати интервью прослеживаются механизмы заимствования американской лексики и социальные факторы её усвоения. Результаты показывают, что американское влияние не вытесняет британский сленг, а обогащает его, порождая гибридные формы, употребление которых строго зависит от регистра общения.
американские медиа
британский сленг
гибридизация
лексическое заимствование
молодёжный язык
социолингвистика
языковые изменения
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