Linguistic features of English-language Internet memes

this article is devoted to the classification of English-language Internet memes, as well as their analysis aimed at identifying the linguistic features underlying the creation of humorous effects in modern online communication. The study covers various levels of language organization – phonetic, orthographic, lexical, and syntactic. At each level, examples of memes are analyzed to illustrate the most common techniques used to produce comic effects in English-language Internet discourse. The results of the analysis show that the humorous effect in Internet memes is achieved not only through visual elements and context, but also through various linguistic features. This makes Internet memes an important object of study as a phenomenon of digital linguoculture. The findings can be used in further research on Internet communication to gain a deeper understanding of the peculiarities of English-language linguistic consciousness and national humor.

Internet meme, humor, comic effect, linguistic features, language level, slang