VELES Voices of English Language Education Society
Vol 5 No 1 (2021): VELES Voices of English Language Education Society

Abbreviation Used by Indonesian K-Pop Fans on Twitter

Euis Meinawati (Universitas Bina Sarana Informatika Jakarta)
Maylinda Vina Violita (Universitas Bina Sarana Informatika Jakarta)
Octa Pratama Putra (Universitas Bina Sarana Informatika Jakarta)
Herlin Widasiwi Setianingrum (Universitas Bina Sarana Informatika Jakarta)
Sufi Alawiyah (Universitas Bina Sarana Informatika Jakarta)
Chodidjah Chodidjah (Universitas Bina Sarana Informatika Jakarta)



Article Info

Publish Date
07 Apr 2021

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to get deeply information abbreviation usage in Twitter application. The abbreviation has used to make shorter time in delivering the message but the receiver can understand the message. The method used descriptive qualitative. The data is taken from www.twitter.com as an online application. The source of data was the Twitter application that has made by university students, high school students and employee. The study found that 4 types of abbreviation have used in twitter communication, namely clipping, blending, acronym, and initialism. The abbreviation usage helps the people to make simple conversation like as non-formal communication.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

veles

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

The journal of Voices of English Language Education Society(VELES) e-ISSN 2579-7484 aims to provide an international forum for sharing, dissemination and discussion of research, experience and perspectives across a wide range of education, teaching, development, instruction, educational projects and ...