Vasilyeva T.V., Uskova O.A.
It has been shown how professional metalanguages and sociolects are involved in the formation of specific language norm of the literary Russian language in the field of professional communication. The conducted linguostylistic analysis of the texts presented at the forums for economic and engineering profile specialists has shown that virtual environment of professional communication has great potential and has an indirect effect on the language system.
Keywords: information technologies, virtual environment, economic and engineering profile specialists, professional sociolects, language norms..