THE COSTA RICAN SECRET LANGUAGE "MALESPIN": EMERGENCE, EVOLUTION, EMOTIONAL-EXPRESSIVE POTENTIAL
Nikiforova Svetlana Aleksandrovna
Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
Abstract. In the article the history of the emergence and evolution of the secret language Malespin is considered in the national Spanish studies for the first time. The loanwords from Malespin in the modern Costa Rican national variant of the Spanish language are analyzed from the perspective of their emotional and expressive potential and the function they perform. It is concluded that the loanwords from Malespin are becoming an important element of the Costa Rican worldview, one of the Costa Rican speech dominants representing the national world outlook of the Costa Ricans.
Key words and phrases: тайный язык, социолект, малеспин, пачуко, жаргон, заимствования, коста-риканский национальный вариант испанского языка, secret language, sociolect, Malespin, pachuco, jargon, loanwords, Costa Rican national version of the Spanish language
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