Parentheses used as pragmatic strategies in Chinese online socialization

Dados Bibliográficos

ID21200949
AutoresJie Li (0000-0002-5131-4769, Jinan University), Yanling Lin (0000-0003-4481-5722, Uppsala University)
Ano2023
Volume14
Fascículo3
Páginas442-460
Data de publicação2023-07-06
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPragmatics and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1878-9714 • E-ISSN: 1878-9722
EditoraJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/ps.20058.li
OpenAlexW4362580396
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas34

This paper details the use of parentheses as pragmatic strategies in Chinese network socialization. The data were collected from Weibo, Wechat, QQ and other online social platforms, and analyzed from the perspective of Cyberpragmatics. We consider the pragmatic features and functions of parentheses as an indivisible part of the whole unit in relation to emojis or graphicons. As pragmatic strategies, parentheses aid speakers in indirectly performing various pragmatic intentions, like adding supplementary information to the interaction, isolating different topics, and contrasting content between the text outside and within parentheses. Further pragmatic functions realized by parentheses include indirectly conveying intention, relieving communicative awkwardness and adjusting interlocutors expectations. We conclude that using parentheses as pragmatic strategies in network socialization is the result of the evolution of the Internet language, and varies from the use of other emojis, which directly convey intentions and meaning

Knowledge management · Socialization · The Internet · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Digital Communication and Language · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Psychology · Social Psychology · Artificial Intelligence