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Peng, Xinjia. 2018. The emergence of a discourse construction in the internet. Technological affordance and socio-cultural factors in language innovation. Chinese Language and Discourse 9 (2) : 209–243.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
John Benjamins
Journal DOI
10.1075/cld

Annotation

This analysis aims at establishing the discourse construction as a theoretical construct within the framework of Construction Grammar. Linguistic constructions theoretically exist at different levels of analysis, but linguistic analyses at the level of discourse are few and far apart. This analysis showcases a study of a discourse construction that contains the internet neologism yě-shì-zuì-le. This discourse construction emerges from the Chinese cyberspace and develops complex meaning and function. The analysis illustrates how the construct of discourse construction allows for an in-depth explanation its use and development. Also, the analysis of this construction demonstrates the necessity to redefine and broaden the consideration of ‘context’ when the idea of a discourse construction is introduced.