Netlinguistics
Introduction
use Internet every day and in order
to make our communication quicker and funnier we started to use some ways of
changing the words.the fact that time is money and we try our best to save it
we use such word combinations as “C U @ 5” which means “See you at five”; C U
l8er- see you later, 10q- as Thank you; W8- wait; etc. Besides the contractions
we frequently meet abbreviations like- BTW- By the way, JFTR- just for the
record; FAQ- frequently asked questions, etc.we put air into a balloon, it
expands. When we let the air out, it contracts. Let’s picture this analogy when
we think about what a contraction is in English, mainly in Internet.aim of the
course paper was to show the methods of word contractions, their types; their
role in Internet communication between students and what influence they cause
on their Formal writing.used examples from different sources and made
statistics of most frequently used contractions and abbreviation in English
which students use while communicating.course paper consists of three chapters.
First one is about theoretical background of contractions, their methods and
appearance. The second chapter deals with comparison between Internet and
Formal writing. The third chapter concerns the practical part with most
frequent examples used by Internet users, mainly students.authors used in this
paper are chiefly English linguists, they are Crystal, Greiffenstern, Baron,
Antrushina, Arnold, Ulman and others. Their approach helped us investigate the
peculiarities while understanding and translating acronyms, contractions, leet
words, etc.a result of practical research we investigated 120 examples of
contractions, we processed them according to linguistic analysis and emphasized
structural types (lexicology) ways of contraction, grammar, sequence of tenses/
neglecting of tenses, punctuation and pragmatics.also applied sociolinguistic
method which helps see the difference between initial word form and its
contraction in Internet in comparison with a formal way of writing.my opinion
the actuality and importance of this research is not only going into depths of
the topic, understanding of new sciences like “Netspeak” or “Netlinguistics”,
but also a fruitful time spent with withdrawing of necessary examples which can
help this changeable Internet world.
Chapter I. Theoretical
Background
1. Contractions
A contraction
is a shortened version of the written and spoken forms of a word, syllable, or
word group, created by omission of internal letters (actually, sounds).
In traditional grammar
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· LOL -Laughing out
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· PLZ и
PLS- Please
· XOXO -Hugs and
Kisses
· OMG -Oh My God
· RLY
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Appendix 2
quantity of examples
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