Classification characteristic of the English lexeme “IT” in the Internet space of the modern Russian language

The aim of the work is to identify the linguistic peculiarities of the functioning of the English lexeme “IT” in the Internet space of the modern Russian language. This research focuses on the concept of “Internet discourse” and its characteristics, demonstrating the activation of the English lexeme “IT” and describing its multi-stage adaptation processes, spheres of use, and structural peculiarities in the new receiving language system. The scientific novelty of the work lies in the fact that for the first time it provides a systematic description of the linguistic peculiarities of the English lexeme “IT” actively functioning in the Internet space of the modern Russian language. These peculiarities are examined from the perspective of four classification groups of linguistic units: related to activation, related to adaptation, thematic, structural. As a result of the research, the English lexeme “IT” has a high creative and productive ability in the word-formation process in the Internet space of the modern Russian language and at the same time performs a number of linguo-pragmatic functions. The cases of both independent use of the English lexeme “IT” and inclusion in multi-component structures in the receiving language (Russian) are highlighted.