"Hehe" the reverse attack-the Chinese department graduate research "hehe" writes 38,000 words thesis to obtain the master's degree

Internet chat has created too many popular words, "hehe" I am afraid is very unpopular one. On the face of the smiling face is often disdain or even curse, the goddess of "hehe" is to let the cock silk pain extremely. But have you ever thought about two words to study a voluminous paper and get a master's degree?

A 2012-year graduate of the Chinese Department of East China Normal University wrote a paper entitled "Hehe" in the Web session, which recently sparked hot debate online, the People's Daily reported.

The author of this paper holds that the words "hehe" have a unique meaning and function in the network instant conversation, which is of great significance to the study of Chinese daily oral discourse and the advancement of the study of natural discourse variation under the network state, but many netizens have expressed that they do not understand and think boredom, And thus aroused the suspicion and distrust of the quality of university education.

"I think this is a very good paper that combines the basic theory of sociolinguistics with the current cultural practice, not the empty papers from concepts to concepts, but the real energy of academic research." Said Huang, a Chinese department teacher at East China Normal University.

There are netizens that can be used every day the word "hehe" to write a 38,000-word master's thesis, really strong Ah!

Tsinghua University graduate student Chu Yutung said: "It is rare that someone write so close to the life of the graduation thesis, is the so-called life is the source of scholarship." ”

Indeed, this paper is very fitting our daily life, "hehe" in recent years in the daily life and network sessions appear in the frequency is very high, its significance in the network language has also produced a lot of changes, such as the online spread of a word: Rumors stop in the wise, chat stop in hehe.

But most people have raised objections to the paper: "What is the point of such a paper?" "The paper is a bit of a fuss!" "This paper is too sensational!" More netizens directly use the word "hehe" to express disdain for this paper, dissatisfaction and other personal feelings, and even some people think that the author paid 3 years of tuition fees.

Beijing residents Feng said: "Now the quality of education and education level is really worrying ah, the study of such a popular, boring words can actually get a master's degree." ”

The guidance teacher of the thesis, "hehe" in the network session, is Professor Li Mingjie, who teaches for 22 years at East China Normal University. In an interview she said: "From the choice of topics, writing process, defense performance, this paper is more common, not because of the attention of the public we will beautify it or slander it." ”

Responding to the idea that the paper was a fuss, she responded: "This may be the difference between professional and unprofessional views." Any scientific research is ' small-looking, big start '. In linguistics, we especially advocate fuss. Graduate students generally have less academic accumulation, it is difficult to have a global vision, so more should be on the small issue of bold assumptions, carefully verify. ”

"For the social sciences, the issue of public concern should be the focus of academic research." ' hehe ' Everybody is using, also very understand. Sociolinguistics contains social nature, ' hehe ' everybody uses so much, if we ignore, that we are dereliction of duty, that is called white pay 3 years tuition! "Li Mingjie said.

The universal use of "hehe" in the network is the fact that but "Big sound, Elephants invisible", the vast majority of netizens will not look at the abstract or read the full text of the thesis, will not seriously think and explain this phenomenon, just to see the topic of the paper and generated curiosity. So many people hot talk "hehe", also reflected from the side that it is indeed a universal, public concerns. I think that the master thesis on the Internet, not how many netizens interested in linguistics, precisely because of "hehe" in hundreds of millions of netizens in the widespread use of the cause.

Most of the purpose of social science research is to solve the problem of reality, the public has doubts, social scientists will try to explain to everyone. The negative heat of the thesis "hehe" also reflects the lack of popularization of social science. The formation of mass academic literacy needs a process, in which social science workers assume the bounden duty.

The research department of the Beijing Academy of Social Sciences Raiqin that social science research should be geared towards the society and the public. Scholars should learn to make good "two pens": one is to ensure that the knowledge of the "academic pen", and the other is the popular "pen".