Manifestations of Language Hybridization in Written Daily Communication of Youth in German-Speaking Switzerland
The article presents the results of a study of the facts of mixing the means and forms of different languages in written dialogical communication of young people in German-speaking Switzerland. These facts, found in the texts of SMS and WhatsApp messages, are considered, on the one hand, as a manifestation of linguistic hybridization in conditions of multilingualism, which determines the peculiarities of the speech practices of the studied society, on the other hand, as elements of a language game that contributes to the implementation of the «alienation» strategy.