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English adjectives in online comments of Algerian English speakers
Belfarhi, Khadija1.
Adjectives are central in any use of language due to their role in providing descriptions to the
aspects of the noun. The role of adjectives becomes more and more important with the emergence
of computer-mediated communication (СMС). The aim of the present paper is to shed light on the
use of adjectives in СMС. It is assumed that adjectives in online comments do not keep the same
linguistic structure and function like in spoken English and new forms emerge as the result of using
СMС. It analyses adjectives used by non-native English speakers through collecting a corpus of
fifty utterances obtained from comments posted publically in Facebook. The results demonstrate
that adjectives take different forms by means of combining with non-linguistic forms, and express
functions other than just modifying nouns in the narrow sense. Adjectives combine with nonlinguistic forms to reinforce their function, and a pragmatic function seen in implying the
description.
Affiliation:
- University Badji Mokhtar of Annaba, Algeria
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