STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN RUSSIAN INTERNET SLANG

This article analyses structural changes in Russian internet slang from a diachronic perspective. A comparative study of word-formation patterns in 2014 and 2024 reveals that morphological derivation has remained consistently productive, while semantic derivation has become increasingly prominent. In contrast, the productivity of marginal word-formation models - such as phonetic-graphic distortions, onomatopoeia, and artificially coined lexemes - has significantly declined. Loanwords, meanwhile, have emerged as the primary source of lexical enrichment, signaling a shift in the mechanisms driving the development of Russian internet slang.