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Little cutie one piece An innovative human classifier and its social indexicality in Chinese digital culture
Tekijät: Heidi Hui Shi, Zhuo Jing-Schmidt
Kustantaja: JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING CO
Julkaisuvuosi: 2020
Journal: Chinese language and discourse
Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimi: CHINESE LANGUAGE AND DISCOURSE
Lehden akronyymi: CHIN LANG DISCOURSE
Vuosikerta: 11
Numero: 1
Aloitussivu: 31
Lopetussivu: 54
Sivujen määrä: 24
ISSN: 1877-7031
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/cld.00023.shi
Tiivistelmä
This study investigates emerging usages in Chinese cyberspace of the numeral classifier mei that violate syntactic and semantic conventions of canonical grammar of modern Chinese. We treat these usages as constructional variants of the canonical classifier construction and show how they afford users of Weibo a device of social indexicality in the sense of Silverstein (1976, 1985, 2003) and Eckert (2000, 2003, 2008). We argue that the constructional variants facilitate the creation of a cute, chic, playful, humorous, and youthful online style and that its popularity draws on multiple indexical resources including contrast to canonical grammar, contemporary language contact with Japanese, influence of the cuteness culture and its commodification, and consumerism in the digital economy. This study contributes to research on the linguistic construction of identity and style, linguistic creativity in the new media and digital culture, and usage-based constructionist approaches to language.
This study investigates emerging usages in Chinese cyberspace of the numeral classifier mei that violate syntactic and semantic conventions of canonical grammar of modern Chinese. We treat these usages as constructional variants of the canonical classifier construction and show how they afford users of Weibo a device of social indexicality in the sense of Silverstein (1976, 1985, 2003) and Eckert (2000, 2003, 2008). We argue that the constructional variants facilitate the creation of a cute, chic, playful, humorous, and youthful online style and that its popularity draws on multiple indexical resources including contrast to canonical grammar, contemporary language contact with Japanese, influence of the cuteness culture and its commodification, and consumerism in the digital economy. This study contributes to research on the linguistic construction of identity and style, linguistic creativity in the new media and digital culture, and usage-based constructionist approaches to language.
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