Orality and Spelling Economy in Written Platform: An Analysis of the Facebookers’ Comments
Abstract
Abstract
This study investigates spelling economy and orality in Facebook language among university-level students using Glaser and Strauss' (1969) Grounded Theory and Hamzah, Ghorbani, and Abdullah’s (2009) categories. This study explores spelling economy and orality on Facebook's commentary boxes, contributing to understanding how language learners navigate spelling complexities in the digital realm. The study aims to fill a literature gap by examining the specific types of spelling errors commonly encountered by university-level students on Facebook. Three new spelling types have been added as contribution categories to the existing categories by Hamza et al. (2009). The study suggests that spelling errors have become a new invention as the spelling economy contains oral traits. Non-standard spellings on virtual social networking sites are not considered spelling errors but a new emerging internet language. The study suggests creating a model list based on a new spelling intervention to aid in understanding the new language on social media. This study, focusing on university-level students and Facebook as the analysis platform, has limitations, including potential biases in self-reported language proficiency.
Keywords: Spellings-Economy, Facebookers, Non-standard Spellings, Comments.
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