Some Linguistic Features of Internet Texts

Abstract

Computer communication affects people to such an extent that the term “computer communication” is used instead of “communication through computer”. For example, we talk on the phone, write on the computer; communicate with different people, etc. The technology we use becomes so familiar to us that we even forget that it is a human-made device. It is as if we have dried up our communication over a living person. Internet linguistics is considered to be a scientific study of the manifestation of language in the electronic environment. Internet linguistics is the study of new language styles and forms created by the Internet. Internet linguistics can be developed in four perspectives: sociolinguistics, pedagogy, stylistics and applied linguistics. If we are talking about communication and conversation, we cannot go without mentioning the term discourse. Electronic discourse and computer-mediated discourse also create a foundation for the interactivity of computer users to maintain active social communication.