Features of virtual communication as a new field of communication

The Internet has brought into our life previously non-existent ways of communication and new forms of language existence. With the growing popularity of social networks, the functioning of the English language has attracted the interest of many linguists. Modernization of the linguistic personality takes place in conjunction with the development of a virtual picture of the world, which reproduces life in the vastness of the Internet. Values replace each other. If earlier language education was popular, today it is computer education. That is why a tendency has arisen to explain in a simplified language, which contradicts the norms of traditional communication. Moreover, the leading role in virtual communication belongs to the English language, since the birthplace of the Internet and the main supplier of network terminology is English-speaking

language is a new type of communication, a new type of discourse. The analysis conducted among young people abroad the analysis carried out among young people abroad has shown that the vocabulary of the virtual language is distinguished by its special features. The composition of the Internet language is shown in Figure 1.

Fig. 1. The composition of the Internet language
The use of slang, jargon, abbreviations and abbreviations of words and phrases helps a person to express his/her "I", to open his creative potential, to demonstrate psychological looseness. As noted above, people who use distorted English are not always uneducated or illiterate, but rather the opposite. The virtual language is rapidly spreading among Internet users, and sometimes it even helps to save money. Any language is considered a tree with numerous branches. Spoken and written speech, slang, and all sorts of abbreviations that are commonly used in electronic correspondence belong to the language that we use every day in communicating with someone. Abbreviations in chats and electronic correspondence are a new language of communication, which is being formed due to the rapid development of the Internet and various means of communication. But to ensure free communication in such a language, you need to learn it, which is not difficult at all, because the origin of abbreviations in chats and various types of correspondence is easily accessible and quite understandable to everyone [9].
English, which is a priority in the Internet space, allows representatives of different cultures to communicate with each other. This language has long held a leading position in the number of sites on the network. Without proficiency in English, full-fledged virtual communication is not possible. The better a person knows English, the more likely they are to successfully communicate on the Internet.
In England, where there is no tendency to borrow Internet terminology from other languages, scientists began to distinguish a new functional style, called Web English. Weblish, in turn, is widely distributed in the sphere of Internet users and involves mass audiences.
This functional style has its own characteristics, which are manifested at different language levels. The Weblish levels are shown in Figure 2.
Vocabulary, as the least structured level of a language, is most susceptible to extralinguistic changes and is most permeable to external influences [1]. Lexico-semantic features are all sorts of neologisms and abbreviations of words or phrases, that is, the use of abbreviations with a high frequency of use. We will discuss these linguistic phenomena in detail in the second chapter of our work, the alphabetic "soup" of abbreviations, abbreviations and neologisms has significantly increased in the field of technologically mediated communication to help us better understand each other. English lexical neoplasms belonging to the field of computer technologies are characterized by certain features in terms of the productivity of word-forming models [11]. For the most part, English language researchers focus more on phonetic and lexical changes than on grammatical changes. As for grammatical changes, the changes that attract the attention of the authors of prescriptive grammars are examined.
A typical list of changes in Standard English includes the following items, presented in Table 1. To attract the attention of the recipient, in a large flow of information, the sender tries to maximize the impact of graphic means, while supplementing them with symbolic information. On the one hand, guided by the principles of convenience and speed, the sender strives to make the message more concise, as well as as informed as possible. On the other hand, the recipient needs more detailed information. This leads to the conclusion: both sides need to actively cooperate, be able to find a balance in communication in order to save effort.
In virtual communication, graphic features such as the division of text into semantic paragraphs are used to improve the mutual understanding of the interlocutors. It is also important to avoid overloading the text with information. The simpler the text is constructed, the better the recipient will perceive the information, and, therefore, the most correct response to it. Also, the presence of free space in the text will visually separate the paragraphs from each other, which will facilitate the perception of information [16].
Graphic information is mainly used in informal communication, for example, in chats or messages of a personal nature.
The graphic abbreviations used in the process of virtual communication include the following groups presented in Table 2. Common graphical abbreviations, such as " etc.", "vs.", "ie", " e. g." "New technology, like smartphones, fitness trackers, etc., are altering our day-to-day lives. Is it always for the better ? "

Discussion
Under the influence of information technologies, the language of social networks is changing significantly. These changes are different from the changes in the spoken and written language that we use every day. It is also worth noting that the language of the network is subject to changes due to the habits of the target audience [15].
English words are introduced and fixed in the vocabulary of the social network Facebook as jargon, or words used in a highly specialized professional environment.
Linguists of conservative views today are in a panic. In their opinion, the influence of social networks on vocabulary is extremely negative and dismissive. There is an opinion among scientists that due to the development of modern technologies, the Shakespearean language is slowly dying. The term Netspeak (or Chatspeak) even appeared. It is a language that users utilize in the Internet space, regularly providing various transformations and innovations. This is a specific slang that absorbs a variety of common phenomena, and which is well suited for international communication in the Internet space [13]. However, this does not give us a reason to say that the degradation of the English language is growing. The systematic appearance of the latest language constructs indicates the development of the language. Despite the fact that these constructions are grammatically incorrect, changes do not occur only in dead languages. The tendency to mix all sorts of dialects with"versions" of English is not new. Without a doubt, this has an impact on the English language.
The English language is quite plastic in terms of the free perception of new units [2]. The process of technology development is irreversible and inevitable. We can't imagine an "Internet-free world". But we also cannot prevent its influence on languages. This is a living language that we use in everyday communication with people from different parts of the world. Despite the growing popularity of languages such as Spanish and Arabic, linguists say that English will remain the leading language in cyberspace in the next decade.
Relatively recently, experts in the field of information technology have put an experiment, which later they were forced to stop. Programmers invented a chatbot that was supposed to support online conversations with users in English. But artificial intelligence began to create its own language, and this was the reason for the shutdown of the cybercommunicant. The developers of the bot are convinced that the robot is able to understand conversations, and generated its own language. No instructions were given to artificial intelligence regarding the conduct of a constructive dialogue. The question "what would have happened if the developers had not stopped the experiment" remains unanswered. Perhaps the world of social networks would have been filled up with hitherto non-existent lexical units. Such an outcome would have taken place if the management had improved the robot's skills.

Conclusion
The development of the Internet and its rapid spread in modern society does not go unnoticed for the English language, which is currently the most common on the Web. The lexical system was particularly susceptible to changes. Weblish, in turn, is widely distributed in the sphere of Internet users and involves mass audiences. This functional style has its own characteristics, which are manifested at different language levels. Among them, there are three main groups: 1) lexical-semantic; 2) syntactic; 3) graphic.