THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ON STANDARD ENGLISH USAGE
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Abstract
This study was carried out to investigate the impact of social media abbreviations and acronyms on standard English Usage in Nigeria. The primary aim of the study was to ascertain how youths interact on to social media platforms and how it influence their use of standard English while writing. A survey research design was adopted and a random sampling technique was used to select seventy (70) students and lecturers in Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State. Out of this number, 62 (88.6%) copies of questionnaire were appropriately completed and returned for data analysis. Research questions was used as a guide to the study. The instrument for the study was the questionnaire. Data collected were analyzed by used of SPSS version 16 analysis and Chi-square statistical tool. The finding of the study revealed that; Social media abbreviations and acronyms do influence the writing or spelling abilities of Nigerian students in Moshood Abiola Polytechnic. Also, the preferred social media affect the communication patterns of students. It was concluded that majority of the youths tend to adopt a certain brand of English which cannot be located within the matrix of Standard English (SE) or even popular Nigerian English variant which is called Pidgin English (PE). It was recommended that there should be a demarcation in the contexts of usage between social media language and standard English.
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the Study
Social media have changed the way individuals and large organizations communicate, especially the youths. Language is used in the transmission of information through social media. With the wide spread nature of technology today, it can be seen that social media platforms use different languages depending on the location in which it is being used and the language spoken in those areas. Social media is the fastest growing web application in the 21st century. Activities on social media are for socializing, getting and sharing information, discussing assignments and projects, debates, chats, collaborating and networking. There are many social media platforms. Some readily available ones in Nigeria include Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, Skype, Twitter, and MySpace. Social media provide a context where people across the world can communicate, exchange, messages, share knowledge, and interact with each other regardless of the distance that separates them (Sawyer 2011). It gives people the power to share, making the world more open and connected with each other (Raut and Patil 2016).
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The invention of the mobile phone in the late 20th century engendered the use of SMS abbreviations, also called texting language, SMS language, textese or text speak. The need for creating a texting language was due to the nature of the mobile phone, the need for convenience, reduction of costs, limited space, time constraints and identity. According to Crystal (2001: 229), text messaging offers privacy and enhances interactions without disturbing the communicators or the individuals around them. Previously, an SMS was limited to 160 characters and users were charged according to the number of characters sent. Mobile users created new abbreviations to convey their thoughts and sentiments. As a result, users developed their own ways of spelling words, deviating from the standard ones, by using a combination of numbers, words and emoticons that are familiar to them and their correspondents. This invention also gave rise to both regional and intergroup variations in spelling of words, which engendered an identity marker (Ong’onda, Matu & Oloo, 2011).
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