Semantics and Pragmatics of Allocutions in Internet Communication

• Main Authors: Elena L. Achilova, Irina A. Regushevskaya
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sourthern Federal University 2018-03-01
• Series: Izvestiâ Ûžnogo Federalʹnogo Universiteta: Filologičeskie Nauki
• Subjects: allocution; forum; Internet communication; speech etiquette; cyberculture
• Online Access: http://philol-journal.sfedu.ru/index.php/sfuphilol/article/view/1126

The article is devoted to the study of semantics and pragmatics of lexical means in allocution on the forums of different subjects (women’s, men’s and game forums have been studied). The author’s classification of allocutions is proposed, based on a formal semantic feature. The following groups of allocutions are distinguished: nicknames, anthrophonyms, genderoriented allocutions, allocutions-characteristics, allocutions to the collective addressee, allocutions on the social role in the forum. As a result of the analysis, the frequency of use of the selected groups of allocutions was determined in the studied forums.