STRUCTURAL-SEMANTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF ABBREVIATIONS                                        IN CUSTOMS SUBJECT AREA TEXTS IN FRENCH 

Sosunova Galina Aleksandrovna, Candidate of pedagogical sciences, associate professor, sub-department
of foreign languages, Russian Custom Academy (4 Komsomolsky avenue, Lyubertsy, Moscow region, Russia), galinaRTA@mail.ru

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Background. Problems of abbreviation functioning in various spheres of activity are of interst to modern linguistics. Occurrence, development, structural-semantic features of abbreviations have been studied for a long time, starting from the antiquity. In works by scholars there is not a single interpretation of abbreviation, despite the existing multiple definitions of the present linguistic phenomenon. Professionaly oriented customs publications distinguish themselves with lexical-grammatical, syntactical, stylistical specifics with often used abbreviations. The aim of the article is to study structural-semantic specifics of abbreviations used in professional customs texts in French.
Materials and methods. As materials of research of professional customs phraseological units the author used 11 printed issues in French «OMD Actualités» («WCO News») for the period from 2007 to 2012, published by the central printing office of the World customs organization in 2 official languages of WCO – English and French. The research is based on the comparative method, syntactical and structural-semantic analysis of customs subject area texts.
Results. In the course of research the author structurally characterized the used abbreviations and semantically classified them. It was revealed that the used abbreviations cover a wide range of customs, customs-legal, customs-economic and biologicval-geographical notions and terms. The research allowed to determine the causes of functioning of the present linguistic phenomenon in antiquity and to oint out the relevance of abbreviation application modern professionally oriented literature, including customs subject area. The author determined the frequency of using certain kinds of abbreviations in French language, as well as in English, rarely in Spanish.
Conclusions. Abbreviations are the specifics of profeccional customs publications, containing a large volume of text material and abbreviations in order to spare time when presenting information to society. Frequent use of English abbreviations in French texts is explained by the aspiration of modern information sources to linguistic
universalization in order to expand the readership and to achieve effective results in professional communication. Semantics of abbreviations of the professionaly oriented literature under consideration reflects the notions, revealing the aspects of customs service activity. 

professionally oriented customs literature, types of abbreviations, functioning of abbreviations, structural and semantic characteristic. 

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