About the process of lexical dearhaization

Abstract

The process of lexical dearhaization in the modern Russian language is considered, as a result of which words “return” to the active vocabulary from the passive stock of the language and take on a new life. Throughout the history and development of a language, the process of archaization is inevitable. Nowadays, this process has become especially relevant. It has been proven that the development of the process of dearhaization, as well as the previous lexical archaization, is facilitated by extra-linguistic factors, primarily ideological, social, as well as historical events that occurred at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries. Changes in the political system, social system, economic and cultural life, the emergence of new ideas and activities have entailed both qualitative and quantitative changes in the modern lexical fund of the Russian language, as a result of which dearchaized words have become a vivid reflection of changes in public consciousness. It has been established that dearchaisms can be rethought and their meanings can be modified. The returned words reflect a certain layer of the spiritual cultural tradition and consciousness of the Russian people and are neutral lexical units in the modern linguistic communicative space.