Abstract

With the development of Internet technology, netizens’ online communication become a common way in daily life. This thesis combines the relevant studies from home and abroad, from memetic perspective of network language, it mainly analyzes word-formation features of network language to research the motivation and internal mechanism of word-formation features, and then it points out the inner relationship between the reason of word-formation features and memes.  

Keywords : word-formation features of network language; memetic perspective; the relation between network language and memes

Contents

Abstract

中文摘要

1.Introduction1

2.Literature Review1

2.1 The definition of network language.1

2.2 Previous studies on word-formation of network language2

2.3 Previous studies on network language from memes3

3.Development of Memes .4

3.1 Concepts of memes4

3.2 Research of memes .5

3.2.1 Susan Blackmore’s selecting imitation5

3.2.2 He Ziran’s finding of language5

4.Source and Memes Imitation of Network Language.6

4.1 Source of network language7

4.1.1 The popular issues in daily life.7

4.1.2 Science and education in social life8

4.2 Memes imitation of network language9

4.2.1 Imitation of sounds.10

4.2.2 Imitation of emotions.10

4.3 Cause of memes12

4.3.1 Prediction of memes.13

5. Conclusion14

References.15