Chinanews client, Beijing, August 25th (Reporter Shangguanyun) From "unrequited son" to "yyds", some recent Internet buzzwords seem to be breaking the circle. They are becoming more and more common in daily life, and they are very easy to use. "Wild".
Some people think that the prevalence of these buzzwords may lead to a single expression; others think that it is normal for the language to change in the Internet age... How much do you know about these Internet buzzwords?
Can you understand these buzzwords?
In recent internet buzzwords, "yyds" (note: generally interpreted as "eternal gods") can probably stand in the C position.
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Searching for "yyds" on Weibo, there are more than 20 related hot searches.
Describe the film and television dramas are well filmed, a certain kind of food is delicious, a certain cosmetics is easy to use, etc., and a sentence of "yyds" is a concise and concise expression of compliment.
It is also not the only popular "abbreviation".
The same type is "nsdd", which means "you are right", and some people explain it as "you are right", and "dbq" means "sorry" and is generally used to apologize.
This is different from other Internet buzzwords, such as "planting grass", etc., but you can still roughly understand the literal meaning.
But for people who don’t surf the Internet often, the first thing they feel when they see the above acronyms is likely to be "unintelligible."
"These acronyms are not a very advanced Internet language. Compared with the formation of previous Internet buzzwords, they even deliberately move in the simple direction." Columnist Han Haoyue said.
Variations of language
In response to the emergence of Internet buzzwords such as "yyds", Huang Anjing, editor-in-chief of "Zhen Wen Che Zi", believes that this is a normal situation.
"Theoretically speaking, any language is not a'simple uniform' system. There are variants that are different from the standard language. Such variants can be roughly divided into regional variants and social variants. The former is called regional dialect. The latter is called social dialect." He said.
For example, the Chinese used by Shanghainese, Cantonese, Hunan, and Sichuanese in daily communication are different in phonetics, vocabulary, and grammar, and they are even difficult to understand each other. Linguistics are usually called Wu dialect and Cantonese dialect. , Xiang dialect, Sichuan dialect, etc.
There are also differences in the language used in social groups of different occupations, social status, education levels, etc., which are divided according to the social groups used by the language, so they are called social dialects.
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He believes that network language is a kind of social dialect, and it is a language variant used in social group communication formed by the connection of modern communication media-network tools.
In fact, "Internet language" can be divided into different "sub-variants".
People who speak online languages, but their age is different, the language they use is also different.
It's normal that "juezi", "snatching bamboo shoots", "yyds" and so on are popular in their scope of application.
Different types of internet buzzwords
It is not uncommon for Internet buzzwords to enter the public eye from a niche circle.
In recent years, among the "Top Ten Buzzwords" selected by "Chew Words", there are a certain number of Internet languages, such as "sacred beasts" and "lemon essence".
Huang Anjing said that when assessing whether these Internet buzzwords can be selected, the most critical criterion is to see whether they conform to the standard language—the inherent structural rules and usage rules of Mandarin Chinese, and whether they conform to our country’s social ethical and civilized norms.
The types that cannot be selected include "yyds", "yygq", etc., which are not linguistic elements in Chinese at all; there are also pathological abbreviations, such as "ten moves and refuses", "people are hard to dismantle", etc., which are not in line with Chinese traditions Grammar, resulting in ambiguous meaning.
Then there are pure homophonic words, such as "moderator" as "bamboo", "what" as "shenma", and "no" as "muyou" (harmonic Cantonese dialect) and so on.
There is another category of uncivilized words, vulgar and indecent.
Huang Anjing discovered that any dialect will have an impact on the standard language.
In addition, the language components in many dialects will also enter the standard language and become the components of the standard language. This is an objective language law.
"Lemon Essence" was previously selected as one of the "Top Ten Buzzwords" in "Chew Words".
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"We have to change a concept, not to see the Internet language that we don't understand, and try to denounce it. In addition to those negative types, there are also many Internet buzzwords that belong to the positive type." He said.
What does their popularity mean?
However, there are also views that link the prevalence of Internet buzzwords with the “language scarcity” of the Internet generation, and believe that this means a regression of users’ expressive ability and may even affect the richness of language.
For example, some people believe that if online buzzwords are widely used, some more precise and vivid words may be left out or even forgotten.
"The popularity of Internet languages will enhance the richness and diversity of languages. Many of the active Internet buzzwords have entered the Chinese standard language system." Huang Anjing explained that the emergence of Internet language will increase the language database.
Language is a social symbol, and it will inevitably bring the characteristics of the times.
He believes that we should treat Internet language with an open and tolerant attitude, and absorb Internet language that conforms to the structural characteristics of Chinese and social civilization into our vocabulary.
"However, it should be noted that Internet language is full of negative elements that do not conform to the characteristics of Chinese structure and social civilization norms. Language guidance and even supervision under the Internet background are important and urgent. This requires the joint efforts of all sectors of society." He added.
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