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):
Prof. Dr. Saiqa Imtiaz Asif
Vice ChancellorThe 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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