New Terminologies in the Colloquial Arabic Used by Generation Z: A Semantic and Pragmatic Analysis
Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study explores the spread of 10 innovative expressions in colloquial Arabic by Generation Z and the role of social networking sites, especially X, in their outbreak. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to notice the frequency and the nature of their usage from a semantic and pragmatic point of view and the role of social media in their spread. To achieve this purpose, 40 young people (age span 11-27) living in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia took part in this study. A survey, specifically designed for this study, is used as well as a data miner to scrape the expressions’ number of occurrences in the social network site X for one year. The research findings suggest that there is a wide spread of these terminologies in Arabic among Gen Z and a significant rate of agreement on their pragmatic meanings.
DOI: 10.15640/ijlc.v12p3
Authors: Maha Abdulaziz Alwusaidy, Amal Alwasidi
Subfield: Human-Computer Interaction
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7126410002