The Language Use in TikTok Social Media as A Means of Entertainment for the Community
- DOI
- 10.2991/978-2-494069-91-6_98How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Javanese language; Language form; Social media; TikTok
- ABSTRACT
Social media has served many purposes, such as entertaining and expressing creativity like TikTok. Using a structural linguistic theory, this study aims to investigate the language use and language form in TikTok social media. The study used qualitative approach and employed a document analysis on TikTok social media. Data were collected using a note-taking technique. The findings revealed seven language variations of language use in TikTok, namely Indonesian-Javanese, Javanese-Indonesian, Javanese, English-Javanese, and Indonesian-Japanese-Javanese. As a means of entertainment, language forms in TikTok have two forms of speech: antonyms or opposites and humor.
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TY - CONF AU - Wening Handri Purnami PY - 2022 DA - 2022/12/30 TI - The Language Use in TikTok Social Media as A Means of Entertainment for the Community BT - Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2022) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 637 EP - 642 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-91-6_98 DO - 10.2991/978-2-494069-91-6_98 ID - Purnami2022 ER -