A SOCIOLINGUISTIC STUDY: DIGLOSSIA IN SOCIAL MEDIA
Keywords:
Diglossia, Media, Online, ICT, Social Media, Diglossic LanguagesAbstract
This abstract will identify the circumstances under which diglossic behavior appear in different social media tools and its effects on Standard variety of Arabic language. The study of this linguistic phenomenon will determine whether the use of the high variety and the use of the low variety of Arabic language vary when there is a change in the contextual topic. The issues of gender and age will also be investigated as it may have direct effect on the use of diglossia in different social settings. This study will also investigate diglossia in two important and widespread social websites namely, Twitter and Facebook. The study concludes that the high variety of Arabic is used among users of tweets/posts discussing political issues, news and religion. Whereas the low variety is used among people who discuss issues of fashion, sports, music and personal concerns.
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