Published date:Mar 11 2021

Journal Title: KnE Social Sciences

Issue title: Annual International Conference on Language and Literature

Pages:150-157

DOI: 10.18502/kss.v5i4.8673

Aulia Ukhtinauliaukhtin@gmail.comUniversitas Sumatera Utara (USU), Medan, Indonesia

Azizah NurUniversitas Sumatera Utara (USU), Medan, Indonesia

Natan BarusUniversitas Sumatera Utara (USU), Medan, Indonesia

Sitti RahmaUniversitas Sumatera Utara (USU), Medan, Indonesia

Wirna Sari RitongaUniversitas Sumatera Utara (USU), Medan, Indonesia

This research examined the types and frequency of language style used by Twitter users in Indonesia. People use language as a tool of communication to express their wants, messages, information and ideas to other people. Communication is also influenced by the style between the speaker and hearer. The data in this research were collected from Twitter users in Indonesia. This research was focused on the language style of Twitter users of the millennial generation from teenagers to pre-adults in Indonesia. A descriptive method was used. This research analyzed the statuses of the Twitter users to find the types of language style and the most frequency used styles. There were four language styles, namely formal, consultative, casual and intimate. The casual style was the mostly frequently used language style, which was used in roughly 70% of cases.

Keywords: Language Style, Millennial, Twitter

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