A Tentative Study on Cyber language

Abstract

The rapid development of the Internet has brought a new world that is quick, convenient, and colorful to the current globe. It has also created a new culture, namely, cyber culture, which is now deeply influencing people’s life style and changing their concept as well. A great number of people communicate frequently in this virtual world with a new form of language, which is defined as cyber language in this thesis. In recent years, disputes on cyber language take shape with both positive and negative attitude. This paper focuses on the classification and causes of cyber language.