Changes in socio-political lexis of the contemporary Russian language – borrowings

Changes in socio-political lexis of the contemporary Russian language – borrowings The article presents changes within socio-political lexis of the contemporary Russian language in the context of borrowings. The text characterizes the linguistic situation in Russia at the turn of the 21st century and presents causes of language borrowings. Among them general causes, common in different languages, were distinguished, and also characteristics specific for Russia only were included. The text also embraces the classification of socio-political lexis on the basis of spheres of application, which was illustrated with numerous examples. The examples are divided into the so-called old borrowings and new borrowings. The first group embraces the lexemes which were included into the language long time ago and today are not recognized as foreign elements. The other group includes the words which have appeared relatively recently.