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Funkcje ekspresywizmów gwarowych w komunikacji internetowej
Functions of Dialectal Expressivisms in Internet Communication

Author(s): Renata Kucharzyk
Subject(s): Phonetics / Phonology, Lexis, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: expressivism; dialect; colloquial language; Internet communication;

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the article is the functioning of dialectal expressivisms in unofficial internet communication. In their statements on internet forums, internet users use numerous dialectisms, a significant percentage of which are expressive lexemes. This group consists not only of dialect expressivisms, but also of neutral dialect lexemes that have become expressivisms in colloquial communication. In the analyzed texts, dialectal expressivisms perform various functions, namely nominative, evaluative, persuasive, identifying, characterizing and ludic. Often, the use of a particular lexeme involves the realization of several functions simultaneously, but only one of them is the main one, while the other is secondary.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 21
  • Page Range: 1-16
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish