Pecularities of slangy lexico-semantic units in young adult literature (based on the novels of E. Lockhart)

Abstract

The research actuality concerns the problem of acceptability of a youth slang lexico-semantic unit through the prism of not a native speaker’s/English as a foreign language (EFL) student’s knowledge and acquisition of a foreign language. The aim of the investigation lies in distinguishing the role and place of American slang in every day speech and vocabulary enriching. The purpose includes revealing the peculiarities of lexico-semantic units, referring to young adult literature. The sources of the research are the novels of an American author Emily Lockhart who heads the sales charts in the USA as well as in European countries.