Internet communication and “language life”: erratives as one of characteristic features of modern verbal interaction

Aim. To identify the functional potential of errative units in the communicative practices of the Inter­net space for the construction of a more detailed classification and further study of erratives, includ­ing the identification and prediction of the possibilities of their functioning. Methodology. To implement the objectives of this study, the method of discourse analysis, the corpus method, the method of social-psycholinguistic experiment, the interpretative method, the method of comparison and generalization were used. Results. The analysis of modern speech practices allows us to assume that the erratives of the Inter­net language, with the exception of rude and obscene vocabulary, are a phenomenon characterized by a dual nature. The duality of the nature of erratives lies in the coexistence of their inherent nega­tive and partly positive properties, which, respectively, have a negative and positive impact, first of all, directly on Internet communication, and in the future - on communication in general. Research implications. The results obtained by the authors make a certain contribution to Internet linguistics, reveal the tendencies of the functioning of erratives in Internet communication and their influence on modern communication in general, analyze additional functions of erratives that have not been described previously.