https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8251-5878
Libyan Teens in Cyberspace: A Study of Computer-Mediated Discourse
الكلمات المفتاحية:
cyber language, text messages, SMS, discourse analysisالملخص
This paper investigates some linguistic, social and cultural features of the newly practiced variety of cyber language dialect used by Libyan ado-lescents to shorten electronic communications through mobile phones, e-mails and computers. The study also explores the influence of using the cyber language dialect on the Libyan youngsters’ language and interac-tion skills online and via texting. Cyber language is used through social media, and the other means of texting involving SMS (short-messaging services). The study utilized discourse analysis of some collected texts from social media, mainly Facebook as used by Libyan young people. The present research study is qualitative and the data collected includes English linguistic chunks of cyber language with some Arabic letters, emojis symbols and emoticons used by 20 Libyan adolescent speakers as a creative way to convey, enhance, and support everyday life com-munication between them. The findings showed that Libyan interlocu-tors create a set of nonstandard linguistic form to interact and communi-cate effectively using cyber language
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