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The Study of Internet Hot Words from the Perspective of Linguistics
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Abstract
In the era of new media, with the popularization of the Internet, there are many Internet buzzwords and hot phrases in daily life, which reflect the characteristics of the times and the development of language in the ever-changing changes. The recent popularity of talk shows and the popularity of buzzwords such as “C, Cow, Horse, O”, “Oi, Kid” and “You Logo” have once again highlighted the importance of “language”. This paper will examine the sociolinguistic, cognitive and linguistic aspects of language. In this paper, the author will study the above mentioned Internet buzzwords from the perspectives of sociolinguistics and cognitive linguistics, and discuss their causes and variations. It is found that the variation phenomenon is embodied in three aspects: phonology, semantics and syntax, and the reasons for the variation phenomenon are found to be the arbitrariness of the combination of phonology and semantics, the aggregation of linguistic symbols, the cultural background, the diversity of communication media and the time factor; finally, the reasons for the emergence of Internet buzzwords are studied in terms of both internal and external aspects. Regulating the development trend of the Internet language phenomenon is also necessary.
Keywords
Linguistics, Internet buzzwords, Causes, Variants
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Li,M. (2025). The Study of Internet Hot Words from the Perspective of Linguistics. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,85,19-24.
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