Influences of Social Media on Spoken and Written English
Keywords:
Social media, Influences, Spoken and written EnglishAbstract
The goal of this article is to present the influences of social media on spoken and written English. This article began with the definition of the key term of this article, which is ‘social media’. Although social media is widely used, its definition is not clearly known to most people. Most people would only know of the applications found on social media. The definitions of social media vary; however, there are only slight differences among these definitions. In addition to the definition, this article will also bring forth the characteristics seen in the language usage of social media. This explores mainly the morphological and phonological characteristics of the use of English language on social media platforms. In terms of morphology, written forms are seen as deviating from the conventional grammatical rules. The increase in the usage of slangs and abbreviations play a huge role in this deviation. Phonologically, cases of removing a consonant or vowel are seen among social media users. On top of this, the positive and negative effects of social media on spoken and written English will be discussed together with a few other significant issues.
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