Chińskie pseudonimy internetowe

Chatting as a kind of the written conversation is, by far, the most popular way to communicate with other users of the Internet. To enter a chat, a person is required to create and register an Internet user ID (net ID, a nickname). Depending on a person’s need, communicative style or character traits, individual online pseudonyms may vary substantially. The main purpose of this paper is to discuss the distinctive features of net pseudonyms in China, related to the specifics of the Chinese language and Chinese naming conventions. Both the formal and semantic features of pseudonyms are analysed. The analysis has been based on the name research material collected by Chinese and western researchers.