Specificity of slang of modern Spanish marine discourse

Abstract

It is considered the origin of slang expressions, which, being the subject of linguistic study, represent one of the basic characteristics of a spoken language that is not reflected in common dictionaries. The linguistic ways of the emergence of Spanish marine slang are established, which include derivation and collocation. The slang words and expressions that appeared in the discourse of Spanish sailors due to borrowings from other languages, including the English language, are identified and described. A classification of peripheral vocabulary functioning in the Spanish marine discourse is proposed. Examples of stylistically neutral vocabulary and its emotionally colored equivalents related to the Spanish marine discourse are given.