The Use of Social Media Slang in Selected Tiktok Videos by Malaysian Gen Z Influencers
This study investigates the linguistic forms and social functions of social media slang in TikTok videos produced by Malaysian Generation Z influencers. Drawing on Labov’s (1972) sociolinguistic theory of linguistic variation and Eckert’s (2000) framework of lexical repertoire and indexicality, a qualitative content an...