Preface | 第7-9页 |
Acknowledgements | 第9-10页 |
Introduction | 第10-13页 |
Part Ⅰ The Internet——a new medium ofcommunication | 第13-17页 |
1·1 The relationship between the medium andcommunication | 第13页 |
1·2 The emergence and development of the Internet | 第13-14页 |
1·3 The properties of the Internet | 第14-15页 |
1·4 The potential impact of the Internet | 第15-17页 |
Part Ⅱ The web-chat language as a variety | 第17-49页 |
2·1 An overview of some unique medium-relatedfeatures of the web-chat language | 第17-21页 |
2·1·1 The merging of speech and writing | 第18-19页 |
2·1·2 The importance of the speed to therealization of the instant message exchange | 第19-20页 |
2·1·3 Features resulting from the spatialdistance among the web-chat interlocutors. | 第20-21页 |
2·2 An analysis of the characteristics of theweb-chat language | 第21-46页 |
2·2·1 Syntactic level | 第21-25页 |
2·2·1·1 Large mount of short and simplesentences | 第21-22页 |
2·2·1·2 High portion of question and exclamatorysentences | 第22-23页 |
2·2·1·3 Loose inner and inter-sentencesentences | 第23-25页 |
ⅰ) Creational or casual nature of chat | 第23-24页 |
ⅱ) Diversification and frequent shifts of topics15 | 第24-25页 |
ⅲ) self-repair mechanism | 第25页 |
2·2·2 Graphonological level | 第25-31页 |
2·2·2·1 Capitalization and decapitalization | 第25-26页 |
2·2·2·2 Spelling | 第26-29页 |
ⅰ) The web-chat language truly involves somecreativity. | 第27-28页 |
ⅱ) Misspelling is common and is often neglected.19 | 第28-29页 |
2·2·2·3 Repetition and reduplication of letters | 第29-30页 |
2·2·2·4 Punctuation | 第30-31页 |
ⅰ) Omission of the punctuation | 第30页 |
ⅱ) Reiteration of the punctuation | 第30-31页 |
2·2·3 Lexical | 第31-36页 |
2·2·3·1 Little words | 第31-32页 |
2·2·3·2 Jargon | 第32-36页 |
ⅰ) Definition | 第32页 |
ⅱ) Categories | 第32-34页 |
a) Abbreviations and clipped words | 第33页 |
b) Original use of the existent words | 第33-34页 |
ⅲ) The label | 第34-35页 |
ⅳ) Media literacy | 第35-36页 |
2·2·4 Grammatical level | 第36-37页 |
2·2·4·1 Omission of subjects | 第36-37页 |
2·2·4·2 Omission of articles, auxiliary verbs | 第37页 |
2·2·5 Greetings and vocatives | 第37-39页 |
2·2·6 Directness to the topic | 第39-40页 |
2·2·7 Utilization of descriptive expressions,pictures and emoticons | 第40-42页 |
2·2·8 Code mixing and code switch | 第42页 |
2·2·9 Quotation of popular texts | 第42-43页 |
2·2·10 Formality | 第43-46页 |
2·2·10·1 Context-dependent | 第43-45页 |
ⅰ) Speech like style of the web-chat | 第43-44页 |
ⅱ) Temporary property of the web-chat | 第44-45页 |
ⅲ) Loose compliance to the standards | 第45页 |
2·2·10·2 Intentional or unintentional informality | 第45-46页 |
2·3 Summary | 第46-49页 |
2·3·1 The web-chat language as a variety | 第46-47页 |
2·3·2 Particular users and particular language usage-a subculture | 第47-49页 |
Part Ⅲ The potential impacts of the web-chat language on our language change | 第49-56页 |
3·1 Could the web-chat language lead to changes in our daily language? | 第49-52页 |
3·1·1 The possibility of the cross-modality influence | 第49-50页 |
3·1·2 The web-chat users | 第50-51页 |
3·1·3 The web-chat language perse | 第51-52页 |
3·1·4 The public's attitudes towards the web-chat language | 第52页 |
3·2 Is the web-chat language degradation of our language? | 第52-56页 |
Appendix: | 第56-69页 |
Ⅰ) Data of the Web-Chat Language | 第56-61页 |
1) Data from English Channel of 263.net | 第56-59页 |
2) Data from Professor chat from Schools& Education of Yahoo | 第59-61页 |
Ⅱ) Chat Abbreviations | 第61-69页 |
References | 第69-70页 |