| Summary: | This thesis contains the analysis of Korean characteristic in Twitter. This thesis
also discussing the code switching and code mixing in Twitter.The aim of the research is
to describe variance of linguistic characteristic used by Korean teenagers.
The source of the data used in this research is10 twitter accounts of Korean
teenagers between 15-20 years old.The technique of the research is conducted by data
identification in status transcription and conversation, classification, and analysis
according to the problem formulation.
The result of the analysis indicate that 1) there are font changes in vocals and
consonant, 2) there are syllables changing, 3) there are font omissions, 4) there are
syllables omissions, 5) there are word simplifications. In addition, this thesis explains
about code mixing and code switching. Code mixing occurs when Korean Language is
mixed with English Language while code switching occurs in internal code switch that
changes from formal to informal language.
According to the result of the study, it can be seen that the tendency of language
usage in Korean teenagers twitter account is influenced by aegyo (act of being cute). The
presence of language characteristic in twitter account also shows the form of teenagers
creativity in using language.
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