Common syntactic errors among Arab tweeters on twitter and their impact on understanding
Arabic Language is exposed to many manifestations of negative language, such as the phenomenon of common syntactic errors on social media, especially "Twitter", as the frequent occurrence of syntactic errors among individuals makes people accept these errors and consider them to be ri...
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2020
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| Summary: | Arabic Language is exposed to many manifestations of negative language, such as the phenomenon of
common syntactic errors on social media, especially "Twitter", as the frequent occurrence of
syntactic errors among individuals makes people accept these errors and consider them to be right.
The purpose of this study was to monitor syntactic errors of Arab Tweeters. Therefore, this study
aimed to analyze general syntactic errors, and thus determine the prevalence of these errors with
simple statistical indicators, the study also sought to verify the extent of the errors in
understanding the tweets. In order to achieve these goals, researcher used qualitative
research methods, and data was collected from tweets using standard Arabic only to avoid using
Arabic dialects. Samples were also collected randomly (not selectively), but
systematically of scientific importance, by choosing tweets regardless of the user’s own
intentions. The study sample consisted of 500 syntactic errors between 2016 to 2018. The
data were analyzed qualitatively and descriptively, applying the theory of error analysis
in the Arabic tradition. Then, determining the percentage of prevalence among them with
statistical and descriptive indications by the statistical program. The study reached several
results, the most important of which were: The phenomenon of syntactic errors was common among the
eloquent writings of Arabic Tweeters in all chapters of grammar (name, verb, and letter) with
different proportions and qualities. The errors in the name section became very common, and the
issue of settling on tweets arose in Twitter, as they inhabited the raised, deserved, and drawn
name, and the phenomenon of raising and dragging the trashed monument from the name spread
other than errors in composing sentences. This is due to the branching of the rules in the name,
and the nature of the continuous change in its cases. As for the matter of action, errors
in the present tense were common compared to the past and the command. The dominant feature of
the Arab tweets was the raising and erection of the present tense that it is right to say. As for
the letter section, it has two issues: exchanging prepositions in their use, and combining
conjunctions. After examining and following up on the reactions of Twitter users, the study
revealed that syntactic errors do not affect the understanding of the text among
readers, as the interaction between the tweets was clear, which confirms the
absence of a communication understanding gap between them, whether it is the frequent
responses and comments on the wrong tweet, or by placing an admiration signal, or post the tweet and resend them. These errors will certainly affect the Arabic language in the future, as it may affect accuracy, and impede the development and progress of the Arabic language itself. This will also increase the knowledge gap between Arabic language and native speakers and will undermine the methods and cause them to fall behind. |
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