| The network language is a new language phenomenon which emerges along with the development of the Internet, With the popularity of the network, the network life has become real life and the network language has become a new favorite. Therefore, to further the study of network language, especially, the formation and production mechanism of network language will help us not only to comprehend the new language in its nature, but also help us to predict and regulate the network languageA large number of new network languages appear in an endless stream because of its quick updating. The following essay chiefly bases on the close-corpora, supplemented by the open-corpora, Specifically, the closed corpora is the Web Popular Words-Magical Words of On-line Chatting and Dictionary of Internet Language in Chinese. The open corpora mainly refers to the latest network language before the final paper is made. With the assistance of the corpora above-mentioned and the study of current linguists and scholars, this paper systematically studys the production mechanism of the network language. The whole text is divided into the following five parts:The first part is the introduction, which primarily tells the current research on this subject, then describes the meaning, value and method of the research clearly, and then defines and classifies the network language effectively in order to lay the foundation for the further study.In the second part, it makes a systematic and effective study about its formation bsaed on the classification of the network language. As a more abstract form, its formation is the prelude and basis of the cognitive psychology and cognitive production mechanism research.The author analyses the cognitive reasons of the network language and the principle of cognitive psychology it caused in the fourth part, which run through the whole process of language formation as the foundamental impetus.The forth part shows the general cognitive process that people get to know new things by acquired knowledge, builds cognitive production mechanisms of network language, and takes off its mysterious veil by making use of the knowledge of the "source domain" and the "target domain"concepts, the cognitive linguistics, the cognitive context, the lexicology, and the summary of the mentioned chapters on emphasisThe conclusion of this essay is made in the fifth part. It demonstrates the significance and shortcomings of this paper.Our understanding on the network language will be depended through the mentioned research about network language production mechanism. The network language is not coming out without reasons, instead, it is a new type of language along with the cognitive psychology of netizens in the network environment, Since language have both general and specific characters, the production mechanism of network language will contribute to the production mechanism of other new languages. It is hoped that this essay will play a supplementary role for the studies of the relevant experts and scholars. |