On some lexical development trends in the modern English language
The article presents a short comparative analysis of British linguists' views on lexical changes in modern English. The concept of its monolithic entity and language purism conflict with the outlook on language as a dynamically developing structure. Information technologies, globalization, cultural evolution, military and political events of global concern bring about lexical-semantic changes in the English language word stock and vocabulary update which is substantiated by an array of sentences derived from the Guardian.