Analysis of Speech Acts in COVID-19-Related Facebook Comments
As one of the most popular social networking sites, people use Facebook to get the latest information related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Driven by this trend and the motivation to address the gap in studies on speech acts on Facebook, we sought to examine Facebook users’ comments about COVID-19 by id...
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| description | As one of the most popular social networking sites, people use Facebook to get the latest information related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Driven by this trend and the motivation to address the gap in studies on speech acts on Facebook, we sought to examine Facebook users’ comments about COVID-19 by identifying the speech acts used to communicate users’ thoughts in their comments. These were direct comments posted in response to COVID-19-related posts uploaded by the Malaysian National Security Council on their official Facebook account. Our analysis revealed that five speech acts were used to communicate specific purposes intended for two groups of recipients: the government and citizens. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-56c96f8d0fc748a299ad0806a0f1cde92024-11-02T21:37:29ZengMDPI AGProceedings2504-39002022-09-018215010.3390/proceedings2022082050Analysis of Speech Acts in COVID-19-Related Facebook CommentsNor Syamimi Iliani Che Hassan0Nor Hairunnisa Mohammad Nor1Akademi Pengajian Bahasa, Universiti Teknologi MARA Kelantan Branch, Machang 18500, MalaysiaAkademi Pengajian Bahasa, Universiti Teknologi MARA Kelantan Branch, Machang 18500, MalaysiaAs one of the most popular social networking sites, people use Facebook to get the latest information related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Driven by this trend and the motivation to address the gap in studies on speech acts on Facebook, we sought to examine Facebook users’ comments about COVID-19 by identifying the speech acts used to communicate users’ thoughts in their comments. These were direct comments posted in response to COVID-19-related posts uploaded by the Malaysian National Security Council on their official Facebook account. Our analysis revealed that five speech acts were used to communicate specific purposes intended for two groups of recipients: the government and citizens.https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/82/1/50pragmaticspeech actFacebook |
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| title | Analysis of Speech Acts in COVID-19-Related Facebook Comments |
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| title_short | Analysis of Speech Acts in COVID-19-Related Facebook Comments |
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