À propos des hypocoristiques dans les pseudonymes en français tchaté
On the usage of hypocorisms in French chat nicknames

Summary/Abstract: This article focuses on the nicknames that are formed from the anthroponyms and used by the Internet users, especially in the context of the real time communication on the Internet, which means the chat communication. The author puts emphasis particularly on the anthroponymic nicknames, which are formed from the hypocorisms. The aim of the article is to provide a deep analysis of all the possible ways of the formation of hypocorisms from the nicknames. Moreover, another aim of the article is to give a detailed quantification of all the ways of their formation and their possible use in the electronic communication. In addition, the richness of the ways of their formation is further illustrated by the concrete examples taken from the corpus.

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