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Speech Genres

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Shchurina Y. V. Internet memes in the structure of comic speech genres. Speech Genres, 2014, no. 1(9), pp. 147-153. DOI: 10.18500/2311-0740-2014-1-2-9-10-147-153

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Russian
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Internet genres
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Article
UDC: 
811.161.1’38:004.738.4
DOI: 
10.18500/2311-0740-2014-1-2-9-10-147-153
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Internet memes in the structure of comic speech genres

Autors: 
Shchurina Yulia Vasilyevna, Transbaikal State University
Abstract: 

The article describes the Internet memes that are widely used in the Internet sphere as a part of the comic speech genres. Internet memes are considered a specific type of precedent phenomena. The possibilities of achieving comic effect and identifying the speech genres that incorporate Internet memes are defined as a coincidence of elements of the cultural background of communicants and common presuppositions.

Key words: 
Internet communication
Internet meme
speech genre
precedent phenomenon
comic effect
creolized text
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Received: 
30.05.2014
Accepted: 
15.07.2014
Published: 
21.10.2014