摘要

随着互联网的普及，网络语言的影响力不断在加强。人们的生活越来越受到网络的影响，网络语言独特的特点已经成为人们关注的语言生活现象。本文将在家族相似性这一理论下对网络语言进行分析探讨。
“家族相似性”的概念由著名的哲学家维特根斯坦提出的，他通过语言游戏论证了看似类似的词语中没有本质上相似的地方，而只有一些“家族成分”。本文立足于“家族相似性”理论，探讨网络语言在这一理论下的研究应用。网络语言中的数字，语块，表情符号和缩略形式的广泛应用体现了家族相似性理论强大的阐释力。研究有望为人际的有效交流提供参考。

关键词  网络语言，家族相似性，描述性研究

Abstract

With the popularity of the Internet, the influence of netspeak increses day by day. The netspeak accordingly extends its impact and gains development in the Internet, as well as in the real world, since the netspeak has gradually permeated the real world talk and communication. The life of people is affected by the Internet, the unique features of netspeak have become a special language phenomenon in people’s real life. This paper conducted the research form the perspective of Family Resemblance.
Family Resemblance was put forward by famous philosopher, Wittgenstein. By using “the theory of language-game”, he intended to resolve problems of philosophy originating from misunderstanding words and expressions for every day use. He claims that some particular words seem to have commonality; however, there is no essential commonality, but a family of commonalities. Based on “Family Resemblance”, this paper analyzes the application of netspeak in this theory. It includes numbers, sentence patterns, symbol and abbreviations. The study is expected to provide references for interpersonal communication.

Keywords  netspeak, Family Resemblance, descriptive study

1    Introduction
Due to the development of technology and society, we live in an information age that we can browse much latest information. The invention of computers has changed our life in different ways, including our way of living and thinking. According to the reports, the number of netizens in China was more than 500 million at the end of December in 2011. Netizens have created and popularized many netspeaks every year. Netspeak is also called “cyber language” or “chatspeak”. It helps netizens save time when chatting online. Many netizens employ the same abbreviations in texting, instant messaging and social networking websites. Many young people use netspeak when they communicate online. Netspeak is now the key to accessing the Internet, gradually becoming a language phenomenon. Therefore, the study on netspeak is of significance. First of all, this language phenomenon has drawn the attention of many people who devote themselves to linguistic in recent years. The researches on netspeak from linguistic perspective are still infrequent.