Journal of Research (Urdu), BZU - Multan

(جرنل آف ریسرچ (اردو

Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan (Pakistan)
ISSN (print): 1726-9067
ISSN (online): 1816-3424
Abstract

The paper studies the main linguistic features of the Netspeak used by young Pakistani net users in online social network called ‘Orkut’. So far, no research has been carried out to study the general linguistic features of Pakistani variety of asynchronic Netspeak. This paper is an attempt to bridge this gap. These linguistic features have been classified into different categories. The analysis of this language and its comparison with the one used by native speakers of English on this network demonstrates that an intriguingly new linguistic variety of Pakistani Netspeak is evolving which is characterized by sets of specific adaptations, in graphology, grammar, semantics, and discourse, to the properties of the technology and the needs of the users.

Author(s):

The Government Sadiq College Women University, Bahawalpur

Pakistan

Syeda Farwa Zahra

Research Scholar (B.A Hons.)

Department of English, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan

Pakistan

Details:

Type: Article
Volume: 10
Issue: 1
Language: English
Id: 5e81d4e57e726
Pages 1 - 16
Discipline: English
Published December 31, 2006

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