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September 12, 2025Communications in Humanities ResearchOpen Access

A Corpus-Based Study of Linguistic Features and Communicative Functions of English Abbreviations in Social Media

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TGTongshu Gao

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Overview

Mixed-methods research finds abbreviations enhance communication efficiency in social media, indicating evolving discourse norms.

Key Points

  • Abbreviations significantly improve communication efficiency in social media interactions, enhancing user engagement and comprehension.
  • The analysis reveals that abbreviations predominantly manifest as phonetic simplifications and acronyms, with emotional expression being a key function.
  • Using a mixed-methods approach, combining corpus analysis and discourse analysis, data from major corpora were examined for insights.
  • These findings offer valuable insights into digital language evolution and the role of abbreviations in shaping online discourse.

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Tongshu Gao (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d44c3d31b076d99fa55788https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-7064/2025.ht26598
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