GRAPHIC AND ORTHOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF ENGLISH AND GEORGIAN-LANGUAGE INTERNET DISCOURSE (BASED ON YOUTUBE VIDEO COMMENTS)
Abstract
The present paper is devoted to the investigation of the linguistic (mainly graphic and orthographic) features of Internet Discourse, as a new type of language. Graphic and orthographic features of Internet Discourse are investigated on the basis of English and Georgian YouTube video comments. The analysis showed that Internet Discourse is characterized by specific graphic and orthographic features: the usage of emoticons, unusual usage of punctuation marks, multiple punctuation, unconventional spelling, capitalization, etc.
References
AbuSa’aleek, A. O. (2013). Linguistic Dimensions of Initialisms used in Electronic Communication. Studies in Literature and Language, 6(3), 7-13.
Crystal, D. (2001). Language and the Internet. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139164771.
Crystal, D. (2004). The language revolution. Cambridge: Polity Press.
Crystal, D. (2011). Internet Linguistics: A Student Guide.
Ogunyle,Wale, J.,(2016) A linguistic study of netspeak among students of Adeyemi college of education, ondo.
Harald,S., (2018) Scott Fahlman and the Origin of the Emoticons :-) Scott Fahlman and the Origin of the Emoticons :-) | SciHi Blog.
Views:
62
Downloads:
47
Copyright (c) 2023 Ana Akhvlediani
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
All articles are published in open-access and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). Hence, authors retain copyright to the content of the articles.
CC BY 4.0 License allows content to be copied, adapted, displayed, distributed, re-published or otherwise re-used for any purpose including for adaptation and commercial use provided the content is attributed.
