SOCIAL MEDIA USERS’ REASONS FOR USING NON-STANDARD WORDS IN TWITTER

• Main Authors: Nur Nashatul Nasuha, Nazman, Ting, Su Hie, Chuah, Kee Man
• Format: Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: P Philology. Linguistics
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36598/1/Nur%20Nashatul%20Nasuha%20NAZMAN.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36598/; http://www.conference.unimas.my/2021/icls2021/index.php/programme/icls2021-proceedings
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

The emergence of non-standard spelling of words reflects the development of languages in meeting the demands of technological change in communication. A question which arises is whether social media users are passive followers or active initiators of some word formation processes. The study examined...