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A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Language Styles of Pakistani Teenage Instagram Users

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Title: A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Language Styles of Pakistani Teenage Instagram Users

Authors: Aisha Farid, Muhammad Sabboor Hussain, Roheen Malik

Journal: Global Social Sciences Review (GSSR)

HEC Recognition History
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Y 2024-10-01 2025-12-31
Y 2023-07-01 2024-09-30
Y 2022-07-01 2023-06-30
Y 2021-07-01 2022-06-30
Y 2020-07-01 2021-06-30

Publisher: Humanity Publications

Country: Pakistan

Year: 2023

Volume: 8

Issue: 3

Language: English

DOI: 10.31703/gssr.2023(viii-iii).04

Categories
Sociolinguistics (1601) Youth Studies (331) Pakistan Studies (6022) Internet Studies (60) Language Use (13)

Abstract

<jats:p>The objective of this research is to identify the language styles used by teenage Instagram users in Pakistan and their frequency. 'Style' refers to the language variation used based on the degree of formality or informality of the situation. To collect data, the researcher focused on the posts and stories of teenagers and pre-adult Instagram users and used a quantitative approach. The collected data was analyzed according to the theoretical framework provided by Indra, I., &amp; Hamzah, H. (2018). The analysis revealed that the most common language style used by Instagram users in Pakistan is casual.</jats:p>

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