http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2023(VIII-III).04
10.31703/gssr.2023(VIII-III).04
Published : Sep 2023
A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Language Styles of Pakistani Teenage Instagram Users
The objective of this research is to identify the language styles used by teenage Instagram users in Pakistan and their frequency. 'Style' refers to the language variation used based on the degree of formality or informality of the situation. To collect data, the researcher focused on the posts and stories of teenagers and pre-adult Instagram users and used a quantitative approach. The collected data was analyzed according to the theoretical framework provided by Indra, I., & Hamzah, H. (2018). The analysis revealed that the most common language style used by Instagram users in Pakistan is casual.
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Language style, Instagram Users, Teenager, Pre-adult
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(1) Aisha Farid
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Government College Women University, Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Muhammad Sabboor Hussain
Professor, Department of English, University of Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Roheen Malik
Government College Women University, Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan.