Linguistic specificity of French youth computer gamer jargon

This article discusses the features of the computer gaming jargon of the French youth. The main purpose of the study was a descriptive analysis of the features of French youth computer gaming jargon. The main task of the study was to classify computer gaming jargon by areas of use. Based on the materials of such sources as the dictionary "Vocabulary des techniques de l'information et de la communication (TIC)", the French-language Internet portal "Le Jargon Fran-çais" (the part that relates to computer and gaming jargon), as well as studies by French speaking authors (J.-M. Adam, I. Oseki-Dépré, A. Jeandidier, J. Lazar, etc.), the features of using computer gaming jargon were analyzed from the point of view of its classification by spheres. There was also an analysis of the formation of Internet slang which is widely used by French gamers and almost all young people who actively use computers. Special attention was paid to Anglicisms in the analyzed area, and it was concluded that the French computer gaming jargon actively bor-rows lexical units from the English language, either leaving them unchanged, or changing their spelling in accordance with the rules of the modern French language. A general conclusion was made: further systematic study of French youth computer gaming jargon will provide an opportunity for a deeper understanding of the language processes tak-ing place in the field of modern French from the point of view of its functioning within the Internet discourse and com-puter gaming jargon.