Uncovering Factors Influencing Millennials' Use of Non-Standard Words in Twitter

• Main Authors: Nur Nashatul Nasuha, Nazman, Ting, Su Hie, Chuah, Kee Man
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: UKM Press 2022
• Subjects: PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41030/3/Uncovering%20Factors%20-%20Copy.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41030/; https://ejournal.ukm.my/mjc/issue/view/1570; http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/JKMJC-2022-3804-22

Social media communication has its own language features and one aspect is modified spelling of standard words. Social media users use shortened words with full awareness of the meanings, and new non-standard words are constantly added to the repertoire of social media language. A pertinent question...