All-Russian academic journal
“Issues of Cognitive Linguistics”
Author: Vera S. Khorikova
Affiliation: Moscow State Linguistic University
Abstract:
The global network Internet is not only the effective way to communicate in general but also a way to make the first contact of the users who don't know each other. The purpose of the article is to analyze users' nicknames, categorize them in accordance with meaning and semantics, trace the major trends in spelling and morphology and creation of linguistic variations.
Keywords: Internet, virtual environment, nickname.
Pages: 64-68