Electronic publication. 2009. - 72 s. Kornei Ivanovich's book about the Russian language - "Living as Life" was published in 1962 Kornei Chukovsky - children's writer, storyteller, was also a connoisseur of the Russian language . "Living as Life" is Chukovsky's main book devoted to the Russian language, its history and modern life, the laws of its development. The author’s undisguised and passionate interest in the word as the beginning of all beginnings in combination with an objective scientific analysis of speech is a distinctive feature of Chukovsky’s book, which made it so popular and readable in our country, familiar to every philologist. In the book you will find a large number of examples of living Russian speech, you will learn what "cancellite" (the word invented by Chukovsky, which means cluttering the language with bureaucratic cliches) and how to deal with it, "umslopogas" and "foreign words" and much, much more. Kornei Ivanovich fought for the rest of his life with the chancel, replacing living original thoughts and feelings. He believed that if the modern situation gives rise to cantonite, then the impact of correct speech can on the principle of reverse action to improve the lives of native speakers. Content. Old and New. "Inopemous Words""Umslopogazy"Vulgarisms. Offices. Against the elements. Vocabulary