国外网络语言生活研究的发展与思考

A Review of the Cyber Language Life Studies Abroad

国外对网络语言生活的研究,始于20世纪末计算机专家对网络术语和网络用语的考察。其后,沿着网络语言学(以语言本体研究为主)、计算机辅助交际、语言政策导向3个源流向前发展。移动互联使网络空间更加独立化和实体化,催生了更多丰富的议题。主要议题有:线上语言教育研究、网络语言学发展中的语言本体研究、基于互联网交际的语言问题研究、语言政策导向的网络语言生活研究。整体来看,国外网络语言生活研究呈现出以下特点:维度多样化、视野国际化、语言政策理论与应用增多。其研究不足包括对发展中国家网络空间的语言问题关注不够,缺乏语言生活观的指引。国内网络语言生活研究应加强与国外学界的沟通和学习,包括制定网络语言生活的相关国际标准,多传播中国声音,加强语言生活观的国际传播及其在网络语言生活研究中的应用,推动语言生活派网络语言生活相关研究的国际出版。

The earliest studies of cyber language life abroad can be traced back to the investigation of network terminologies by computer experts and Internet technicians in the 1970s.Since then,three research streams have emerged in cyber language studies,including network linguistics focusing on the ontological features of cyber language,computer-mediated communica-tion,and language policy analysis.Mobile Internet has made cyberspace more independent and tangible,bringing forth numer-ous new research topics.A review of the relevant literature shows that the main research themes include at least the following:online language education,language ontology related to cyberlinguistics development,language problems arising from Internet communication,and the interface between language policy and language life.The studies of language life in cyberspace abroad are characterized by diversifi ed research dimensions,internationalized research visions,and the increasing application of lan-guage policy theories.The shortcomings of this area of research include insufficient attention to the cyber language problems in the developing countries,and lack of theoretical underpinnings from the view of language life.It is suggested that the Chinese scholarship strengthen communication with international peer researchers,seek more opportunities for international publication of cyber language life research,and promote the international spread of Chinese language life research fi ndings.