Abstract
One of the design features of language is creativity which can differentiate human beings from animals. Anti-language is a special form of language which generates from traditional society and language but different from them in some ways. Anti-language plays a role in creating and maintaining social structure through conversation as traditional language does but the social structure it maintains shares some special modalities and is very different from the traditional ones. As a special form of anti-language, Netspeak is very familiar these years and is developing rapidly with its special advantages. What’s more, some netspeak has been used in official websites such as <i>China Daily</i>. It is necessary for us to have a study on netspeak to figure out the basic information of the usage of netspeak in China as well as have in-depth knowledge of the fundamental state which can contribute to the research on anti-language in return.
Highlights
As a social symbol system, language can reflect the social attitude and create social identities
In order to figure out the basic information of the usage of netspeak in China and have in-depth knowledge of the fundamental state, we do a survey by the way of questionnaire on the current situation of netspeak in China. 160 people have participated in this survey and the people come from 22 provinces and 4 municipalities in China from teenagers to the elderly which is a large span
The majority of people still accept and welcome it to be a new part of their life. This is the figure of the relationship between age and what people think of the netspeak in usage. 20% of people over 50 years old feel netspeak elusive and crabbed for them to understand
Summary
As a social symbol system, language can reflect the social attitude and create social identities. An anti-language is the means of realization of a subjective reality: not merely expressing it, but actively creating and maintaining it (Halliday, 1976:576). This paper tries to study the anti-language from the aspect of current situation of netspeak and makes contribution to the study of anti-language further
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