Gender features of speech behavior in internet discourse.

      Аннотация: The monograph represents the study of gender specificity of a special functional type of language serving electronic means of communication, to which, first of all, the language of the Internet belongs. The theoretical foundations and paradigm of the development of gender studies of Internet communication are described as well as the gender characteristics of verbal English-speaking behavior in such a communicative environment as Internet forums are analyzed. In the era of global communication, electronic communication accumulates a wide variety of genres, speech practices, methods and formats. Linguists talk about the existence of a virtual linguistic personality. Consequently, the study of all aspects of the virtual personality (including the gender parameters) may be of some research interest.

Ключевые слова: Gender, internet discourse, forums, male speech behavior, female speech behavior