Abstract:

Nowadays, code mixing is one of the indispensable forms in cyber language, which refers to one language code mixing with the other language codes Based on the basic characteristics of cyber language, the paper focuses on the major types of Chinese-English code-mixing through analyzing formations of catchwords from the perspective of sociolinguistics It points out that this new language form develops along the network, embodies the features of the information age, and reflects the unavoidable trend of development of society

Key words:  cyber language, code-mixing, catchword, network communication