INTRODUCTION 2
Chapter I THE THEORY OF ABBREVIATIONS 4
1.1 The notion of abbreviation 4
1.2 Types of abbreviation 7
1.3 Classifications of shortening 11
1.4. Foreign decoding technique of abbreviations in Russian 12
Chapter II ANALYSIS OF ABBREVIATIONS 15
2.2 The types of abbreviations on the newspaper “The USA today” 15
Text devices 17
2.2 Graphical abbreviations. Acronyms 17
CONCLUSION 25
BIBLIOGRAPHY 27
APPENDIX 28