An Analysis on the Forms and Characteristics of English Netspeak

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10.2991/icssed-19.2019.89How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Netspeak, Forms, Characteristics.

Abstract

As a new language variant, Netspeak has been a part of English, and plays a more and more significant role in modern communication. Therefore, the study of English Netspeak has a great practical significance in the age of Internet. In this paper, it is found that English Netspeak has four forms: homonyms, abbreviation, compounding and emoticons. In the aspect of features, the author concluded that there are innovation, conciseness, flexibility and humor in English Netspeak. In addition, the author points out the defects of English Netspeak.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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BT  - Proceedings of the 2019 4th International Conference on Social Sciences and Economic Development (ICSSED 2019)
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