Linguistic Analysis of the Internet Buzzword"neijuan"
This article analyzes the meaning,structure,pragmatic functions,and reasons for the popularity of the internet buzzword"neijuan".It proposes that the current meaning of the internet buzzword"neijuan"has changed,and the word"juan"has gradually evolved into a free morpheme in use.It can be combined with other morphemes to form words and phrases with other words.The word"neijuan"has both the pragmatic function of describing objective reality and venting the speaker's subjective emotions.Its popularity is influenced by meta-phorical mechanisms,semantic generalization,the ideographic nature of Chinese characters,and the economic principles of language.At the same time,it cannot be separated from the rapid development of online media and the novelty seeking psychology of language users.
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