Abbreviation Used by Indonesian K-Pop Fans on Twitter

Authors

  • 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

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29408/veles%20journal.v5i1.3060

Keywords:

Abbreviation, K-Pop, Twitter

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.

Author Biographies

Euis Meinawati, Universitas Bina Sarana Informatika Jakarta

Bahasa Inggris

Maylinda Vina Violita, Universitas Bina Sarana Informatika Jakarta

Bahasa Inggris

Octa Pratama Putra, Universitas Bina Sarana Informatika Jakarta

Bahasa Inggris

Herlin Widasiwi Setianingrum, Universitas Bina Sarana Informatika Jakarta

Bahasa Inggris

Sufi Alawiyah, Universitas Bina Sarana Informatika Jakarta

Bahasa Inggris

Chodidjah Chodidjah, Universitas Bina Sarana Informatika Jakarta

Bahasa Inggris

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Published

2021-04-07

How to Cite

Meinawati, E., Violita, M. V., Putra, O. P., Setianingrum, H. W., Alawiyah, S., & Chodidjah, C. (2021). Abbreviation Used by Indonesian K-Pop Fans on Twitter. Voices of English Language Education Society, 5(1), 54–65. https://doi.org/10.29408/veles journal.v5i1.3060