The phenomenon of graphic derivation in Chinese Internet communication.
https://doi.org/10.24412/2686-9675-4-2023-21-34
Abstract
Chinese Internet slang is characterized by a high rate of expansion and renewal of the lexical arsenal created with the help of various means of linguistic creativity. Language games and word formation experiments affect not only semantics and morphology, the graphic form of the word is also undergoing a modernization process. As a result we can observe mass appearance of visual neologisms created with the help of graphic derivation. This article discusses three main types of conscious change in the graphic appearance of a word in Chinese Internet communication: creation of a neoplasm by graphic means of one language (both with the help of Chinese characters and with the help of Latin alphabet), by combination of graphic means of different languages, and by using non-linguistic signs. The essence and functional features of graphic neologisms are analyzed, the reasons for their widespread use in the Chinese Internet space are indicated.
About the Author
N. N. Kotelnikova
Volgograd State Socio-Pedagogical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Nadezhda N. Kotelnikova - PhD in Pedagogics, Associate Professor, Head of Chinese Language Department
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Kotelnikova N.N. The phenomenon of graphic derivation in Chinese Internet communication. Modern Oriental Studies. 2023;5(4):21-34. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24412/2686-9675-4-2023-21-34
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