Vestnik of Samara University. History, pedagogics, philologyVestnik of Samara University. History, pedagogics, philology2542-04452712-8946Samara National Research University328310.18287/2542-0445-2012-18-8/1-236-241UnknownMAIN TRENDS OF PHRASEOLOGY DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINUUM OF MODERN ENGLISHBondarenkoM. V.morenov.sv@ssau.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1825-0097FakhrutdinovaY. R.morenov.sv@ssau.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1825-0097the Dept. of English Linguistics, Samara State University, Samara, 443011, Russian Federation.01082012188/12362410802201708022017Copyright © 2012, Bondarenko M.V., Fakhrutdinova Y.R.2012<p>The article is devoted to the study of modern trends in development of phraseological units belonging to different layers of spoken American and Canadian English. Having for their main source slang and colloquialisms, new phrases are marked by a high degree of anthropocentricity as their thematic sphere is restricted by human environment, mans physical state, behaviour, morals. Structurally the given units are predominantly binominal word combinations, whose one or two centres possess an anthropocentric meaning.</p>jargonsprofessionalismsslangbinomial word combinationssubculturesstandard and substandard lexical unitslanguage continuumжаргоныпрофессионализмысленгфразеологические биномысубкультурыстандартная и субстандартная лексикаязыковой континуум