Code-switching in selected Malaysian celebrities’ instagram posts

Abdul Rahman, Sofia Hanis and Badaruddin, Zuraidar and Rashid Ali, Farrah Diebaa and Roslim, Norwati and Ismail, Marina (2023) Code-switching in selected Malaysian celebrities’ instagram posts. In: 3rd International Conference of Research on Language Education (I-RoLE 2023), Noble Resort Hotel Melaka, Malaysia.

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Abstract

With the advancement of technology nowadays, social media have become common platforms among Malaysian celebrities to communicate with their fans and to reach out to more people as a selfadvertisement to market themselves to be visible in the industry. Across these online platforms, distinctive speech behaviour has been observed among these celebrities in which they employ language alternation or code-switching. Numerous studies have primarily drawn emphasis on spoken c ommunication, resulting in a scarcity in written communication. Hence, this study aimed to investigate the use of code-switching among five Malaysian celebrities in their Instagram posts. An analysis was conducted to determine the types of code-switching employed in their online written communication. The frequency was also calculated in order to look for preferences across genders. The results indicated that Malaysian female celebrities employed all the different types of code-switching as compared to the male celebrities. The differences in using code-switching between female and male celebrities illustrated the gender preferences to accommodate the communicative strategies in their written communication.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Other)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Code-switching, instagram posts, Malaysian celebrities
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races > HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology P Language and Literature > PE English
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Languages and Management
Depositing User:	FARRAH DIEBAA RASHID ALI
Date Deposited:	26 Sep 2023 11:48
Last Modified:	26 Sep 2023 11:49
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/107083

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