Abstract
<span lang="EN-GB">The present article is concerned with identifying the linguistic and extralinguistic features of </span><em><span lang="EN-US">Instagram, Twitter, </span></em><span lang="EN-US">and</span><em><span lang="EN-US"> Live Journal</span></em><span lang="EN-GB"> hypertexts, depending on their functional focus. The relevance of the topic is due to the need for a more detailed study of Internet communication from the point of view of functional and stylistic aspects. </span><span lang="EN-US">The study provides a comparative analysis of <em>Instagram, Twitter,</em> and <em>Live Journal</em> online services based on the Russian language material.</span><span lang="EN-GB"> The results are correlated with the questionnaire data on the studied problem. The article discusses graphic, lexical, stylistic, syntactic, and spelling features. The authors conducted a comparative analysis of the hypertexts of <em>Instagram, Twitter,</em> and <em>Live Journal</em> online services in the context of their functions; identified linguistic and extralinguistic features of the hypertext of the services under study; established the relationship between the language of the text and the function implemented. </span><span lang="EN-US">It has been established that all three online services perform, first of all, a communicative function, which is expressed through the use of slang, vernacular, online discourse vocabulary, graphic means, markers of increased emotionality, recreation of a specific accent/dialect, spelling and punctuation violations, incomplete, unextended sentences. Along with the socialization function, <em>Instagram</em> performs the function of self-presentation, for the implementation of which the authors of publications resort to linguistic creativity. Unlike <em>Instagram, Twitter,</em> and <em>Live Journal</em> fulfill a more political function, expressed in stylistic devices such as metaphor, comparison, irony, hyperbole, and repetition. </span><span lang="EN-GB">The results were verified using a questionnaire survey conducted among Russian students</span><span lang="EN-US">.</span>
Highlights
IntroductionAt the present stage of social development, a new area of public conscience and communication has appeared: the worldwide information medium – the Internet, which is reflected in the selection and consolidation of particular language means typical of the online text format – hypertext. [1,2] This type of text as a type of mass communication text is characterized by features of various functional styles, its own choice of words, the principles of their use, the predominant use of certain syntactic structures, the peculiarity of using figurative means of language, the practice of various methods of communication between parts of the utterance, etc. [3,4] Researchers note that Internet posts “blur the differences between monologue and dialogue and between oral and newspaper forms of speech, between official and unofficial communication, between socially and individually focused communication”. [5,6,7] Modern hypertext, as a rule, is characterized by expressiveness, which is implemented through extralinguistic means
Analysis of the functional potential of posts and blogs showed a certain dependence of the hypertext language on the implemented function
Posts and blogs are based on a communicative function that can be viewed from two perspectives: communication with existing acquaintances and communication to meet new people and expand one's audience
Summary
At the present stage of social development, a new area of public conscience and communication has appeared: the worldwide information medium – the Internet, which is reflected in the selection and consolidation of particular language means typical of the online text format – hypertext. [1,2] This type of text as a type of mass communication text is characterized by features of various functional styles, its own choice of words, the principles of their use, the predominant use of certain syntactic structures, the peculiarity of using figurative means of language, the practice of various methods of communication between parts of the utterance, etc. [3,4] Researchers note that Internet posts “blur the differences between monologue and dialogue and between oral and newspaper forms of speech, between official and unofficial communication, between socially and individually focused communication”. [5,6,7] Modern hypertext, as a rule, is characterized by expressiveness, which is implemented through extralinguistic means. At the present stage of social development, a new area of public conscience and communication has appeared: the worldwide information medium – the Internet, which is reflected in the selection and consolidation of particular language means typical of the online text format – hypertext. Linguists consider the language of mass communication from a variety of perspectives. Within the cognitive approach framework, the online media text is studied as a scheme, the components of which are concepts and notions of objects and phenomena of the external world and the relations between these objects and phenomena. From the point of view of the semiotic approach, the text of mass communication can be considered as one or several sign systems that use various semiotic codes, including verbal and non-verbal components represented by paralinguistic means. Anisimova considers all the texts that use paralinguistic means to be paralinguistically active. [12]
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