Tsyupa M. Phonographic and orthographic peculiarities of acronyms in Modern French language.

The dissertation is devoted to the analysis of phonographic and orthographic peculiarities of acronyms in modern French language. The description of French acronyms, their definition and classification are proposed in this work. During the study of some lexical peculiarities of acronyms it is defined that the acronym becomes completely lexicalized when it is regarded independently from its prototype, characterized by its completeness, mentions some objects and phenomena etc, and also has phonetic, orthographic, grammar, lexical and semantic indications peculiar to words. The paper also contains the classification of acronyms-homonyms. The phonographic analysis shows that acronyms are characterized in general by the presence of simple monograms that proves that the acronym is almost а perfect lexical unit from the point of view of phonetico-graphic relations. In the process of study of practical material the real inventory of graphical means used in acronyms orthography is determined. A comparative analysis of the composition of orthograms that function in the orthography of acronyms is presented in the work. The study of graphematic means which shape French acronyms is carried out. This study proves functional significance of both alphabetic and non-alphabetic signs. In particular cases alphabetic and non-alphabetic signs also perform the function of lexical units' distinguishing. The performed analysis elicite the fact of two tendencies in acronyms' orthography: simplification and complication.