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Investigation And Study On The Use Of "X Brother/Sister" Network Quasi-kinship Appellation In Northwestern

Posted on:2020-04-02Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y N RenFull Text:PDF
GTID:2415330599455045Subject:Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
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Since a street beggar in Ningbo was dubbed "Sharp Brother" in 2010,the "X Brother / Sister" network quasi-kinship appellation has rapidly spread online as a typical language phenomenon.Although it has been about 9 years since then,its heat has not diminished,and the "X brother / sister" quasi-kinship appellation on the Internet is still endless.This linguistic phenomenon has also attracted widespread attention in the academic community.However,from the current point of view,the academic research on the "X brother / sister" class appellation mainly includes two aspects: First,the attributes,characteristics,and popular reasons of the "X brother / sister" network quasi-kinship appellation are discussed.The second is to excavate the cultural meaning it contains.However,there are few research results on the status of the "X brother / sister" network quasi-kinship appellation and their attitude towards this appellation.Therefore,on the basis of the rich research results of the predecessors,this paper will mainly focus on practical aspects.College students are the main users of the "X brother / sister" network quasi-kinship appellation.Taking Northwestern university students as an example,the author used a questionnaire survey method to select 300 college students in a certain proportion.This paper investigates the understanding and use of "X brother / sister" network quasi-kinship appellation and its attitude towards it.The thesis is divided into five parts.The first part is the introduction part.It mainly introduces the origin of the thesis,the significance and value of the topic,the research methods,and the theoretical basis.This paper also summarizes the research status of quasi-relative appellation and "X brother / sister" network quasi-relative appellation.In addition,in the introduction part,the research object of this article,the "X brother / sister" network quasi-kinship appellation,is defined conceptually,and the concept of quasi-kinship appellation is first defined.On the basis of this,we further define the appellation of "X brother / sister" network and point out the scope of this article.In addition to the introduction part,the paper is divided into four chapters: This paper is based on the specific investigation,and the first chapter explains the design and implementation of the investigation program;The second,third and fourth chapters are the statistical analysis of the survey results.They are also the core part of this article,that is,the understanding,use,use reasons and attitudes of the students of Northwestern University on the "X brother / sister" network.Research and analysis.In the second chapter and the third chapter,the author discusses the differences in the understanding and use frequency of this kind of appellation among students of different gender,different disciplines and different academic qualifications.
Keywords/Search Tags:Northwestern University, "X Brother/ Sister" network quasi-kinship appellation, Status of use, attitude
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