Our reporter Deng Qifan

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　　Nowadays, there is a huge gap between the language of the real world and the online world.

No one can accurately predict whether this gap will be further widened, but compared with before, the real world's recognition of online language (some are also called "cyber black words") is declining, and "cyber black words" seem to be converging As the real world is drifting away, it is getting harder and harder to "correct" in online language.

　　What does "yyds" mean?

In the online world, users understand that "you can only understand, but not speak." In real life, many people are confused and confused.

　　This was also reflected in this year's "Top Ten Buzzwords" selection.

On December 8th, the editorial department of the magazine "Chew Words" released the "Top Ten Buzzwords of 2021", and "yyds", "Extreme Son", etc. were excluded.

　　When explaining the selection criteria, Huang Anjing, the editor-in-chief of "Zhen Wen Che Zi", said that this involves "sociological value" and "linguistic value".

　　More than "popular"

　　This year's "Top Ten Buzzwords" is a selection that goes beyond "popularity".

　　The top ten buzzwords released on the 8th include: "Great changes unseen in a century", well-off, rushing to the exam, double reduction, "carbon peak, carbon neutral", wild consumption, breaking defense, chicken baby, lying flat, meta universe .

　　Huang Anjing said that the selection criteria are specifically manifested in three aspects: reflecting the characteristics of the year, adhering to the principle of value, and adhering to the normative concept.

　　Therefore, based on the principle of value, the "three social organizations" such as "social bully", "social phobia", and "social death" were eliminated because the publisher was out of consideration to "stop the spread of vulgar and violent language". The "professor" was unsuccessful because of "discrimination" against certain groups of people.

Based on the principle of adhering to the norm, "yyds", "unbeatable son" and "successful shoots" were eliminated.

　　Regarding the selection of the term "lying flat" with a "negative" color, the publisher stated that it had actively guided the interpretation of the entry and clearly pointed out: "Young people should view competition rationally and face pressure with a positive attitude. , Never give up, and work hard for our ideals and the future."

　　Earlier this year, an article that caused a lot of discussion also conveyed a similar attitude towards Internet language.

This article, titled "How can I save the "literal aphasia" who has been "stalked"", puts things like "You can't find other words of praise except for'yyds', and everything can be'extreme son'". People who want to be difficult to put into words and can't speak without the stalk are called "literal aphasia patients" and prescribe symptomatic prescriptions for them.

　　Each speaks its own words

　　On December 9, linguistics students from a domestic university talked about this year’s "Top Ten Buzzwords" in class discussions.

There are two main points: one is in favor of the publisher’s selection criteria and the results of the selection are approved; the other is that the language is conventional and “use is reasonable”.

　　This is also a portrayal of different attitudes towards Internet language.

Just after the article "What can I do to save the "stalked" "word aphasia" was published in authoritative media, it was interpreted as "official media criticizing'Internet black talk'" on the Internet.

　　In online discussions, many people do not agree with the article's point of view.

Some netizens even turned up the article and published it during the Tokyo Olympics more than a month ago. After the combination of Yang Qian and Yang Hao won the gold, the media used "yyds" to express the meaning of "Yang Yang wins" and created a new "homonymous". stem".

　　The original meaning of "yyds" on the Internet is "eternal god", expressing admiration, and it is also a "homonymous stem".

It has been borrowed by the media on online platforms more than once.

Therefore, many netizens disagree with the use of "yyds" by netizens on the one hand, and use it to express doubts about it.

　　"It just can express your emotions very well. It's much more vivid and convenient than'awesome' or'too great'. However, everyone still doesn't say that in life." Yang Xu, a post-00 college student, believes that people don't need it. Use "fuss around" with online language.

　　Whether it is rejection or acceptance, supporters of both views can find a theoretical basis.

The famous linguist Saussure put forward the idea of ​​immutability and variability of signs in his famous book "A Course in General Linguistics".

In the professional field, the normative and developmental characteristics of language and the attitude towards language derived from it often show the characteristics of "each speaking each other".

　　Let the bullets fly

　　In the selection of buzzwords, "Yyds" and other Internet terms were excluded, and it also expressed its own point of view: it does not object to some netizens using them, but absolutely does not approve of them being included in the annual buzzword list.

　　This has been recognized by linguists, "The life of language is among users, and selection can be based on their own values ​​and criteria, but it does not determine the survival of the language." A linguist told the Workers' Daily reporter.

　　There is a metaphor in linguistics: language is a river. Old dregs continue to sink to the bottom of the river and eventually die out, and new rivers continue to flow in to keep this river alive.

This metaphor is used to describe the emergence and demise of new and old language phenomena.

　　This can explain the phenomenon of "regularization" in internet terminology.

On November 10, 2010, the front page headline of "People's Daily" appeared in the online term "to force", which became a landmark event.

Since then, many Internet terms have begun to appear in mainstream media.

In the same year, the Green Paper on Chinese Language Life released by the Ministry of Education and the National Language Commission, "Report on the Situation of Chinese Language Life 2009" also stated that hot online words have continuously enriched the people's language life.

　　Carefully study those Internet words that have been recognized and "turned to normal", and it is not difficult to find that they all have such characteristics: conform to the rules of Chinese structure and conform to the norms of Chinese grammar.

This also explains why even with a large number of users, it is more and more difficult for some current Internet language to "correct."

　　Linguistic norms are not only the inherent requirements of each language, but only those accurate, vivid, vivid and universal elements in the language of the whole people have the opportunity to maintain long-term vitality in the long river of language.

This is the reason for the disappearing Internet phrases such as "You are out", "886", "Fahai, you don't understand love".

It is believed that words such as "yyds" and "jue-juezi" that cannot be seen in the Chinese language of the ideographic system will definitely disappear, for the same reason.

　　Bao Yuanyuan, a teacher of the International Culture and Communication Department of Beijing City University, believes that even for the good purpose of purity and standardization of the mother tongue, we do not need to "snap to death" in our attitude towards online languages.

The norms are the norms and the guidance is the guidance, but the online world can let "the bullet fly for a while." "We should believe that Chinese has its own powerful self-purification and development functions, and it will be able to survive thousands of years. Take the essence and remove the dross."