UDC

811.111

Authors

Romanyuk Mariya Aleksandrovna
Postgraduate Student, School of Regional and International Studies, Far Eastern Federal University (Vladivostok, Russia)

Abstract

The growing interest in antonyms in modern English lexicology and stylistics makes this topic highly relevant. The article provides definitions for the following linguistic terms: antonymy and general English slang. Further, it investigates the presence of antonyms in the general English slang. The vocabulary of a language is always systematic, and antonymy is one of the most important manifestations of systematic relations in the language and the mind. Words and their meanings do not exist separately but form various groups in our mind on the basis of similarity or difference of their meanings. This phenomenon can be observed in different spheres of linguistics, slang being one of them. Today slang is an integral part of the English language. There is something in it that attracts people and makes them use slang and phraseological word expressions. One can use slang in many different situations: as a joke or to show friendly intentions and loyalty to the person he/she is talking to. People can like or hate slang. It can be popular or it can be ignored. Nevertheless, we always use slang in our speech to attract other people’s attention.

Keywords

antonymy, slang, general English slang

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