Abstract:Network terms begin to be used by a growing number of people and penetrate into every aspect of people's study, work, and entertainment. But by the colloquial influence, the network has massive informal language. Therefore, there are a lot of network words that are made up of letters, numbers, and symbols of the English phonetic alphabet words, which we call network abbreviated words. Through the analysis for the features and application status of the Internet English Abbreviated words, we hope to enhance the understanding for the network English Abbreviations and make our expression normalized.

Key words: network, abbreviated words, features, application

CONTENTS

Abstract

中文摘要

1.Introduction1 

2.Literature Review..1

2.1 Background of the Research.1

2.2 Research Status at Home2

2.3 Research Status Abroad2

3. Analysis of the Network English Abbreviations.3

  3.1 The definition of English abbreviations3

3.2 Features of Network English Abbreviations.3

3.2.1 Lexical Features of Network English Abbreviations.4

3.2.2 Translation features of network English abbreviations5

3.2.3 Grammatical Features of Network English Abbreviations5

4. Application of Network English Abbreviation6

4.1 English Abbreviations applied in the Network.6

4.1.1 Instant Message and Online Chat Room6

4.1.2 Bulletin Board System8

 4.2 Reasons of Network English Abbreviations Wide Application.9

5. Conclusion10

Bibliography.12

Acknowledgements14