Slang language use in social media among Malaysian youths: a sociolinguistic perspective

• Main Authors: Abdullah, Nur Nabilah, Mohd Ghazali, Norshahira
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kulliyyah of Languages & Management (KLM) 2021
• Subjects: P Philology. Linguistics; P87 Communication. Mass media
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/95013/1/95013_Slang%20language%20use%20in%20social%20media%20among%20Malaysian%20youths.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/95013/; https://www.iium.edu.my/media/77669/IYSJL%20Vol%204%20%282%29%20December%202021%281%29.pdf

The rise of young people as social media users resulted in the creation of the world's largest virtual community, as well as the emergence of internet slang as a new linguistic form to meet the communicative demands of social networking. Because internet slang language is not standardised and m...