EXPLORING LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE DIGITAL MESSAGING: A STUDY OF TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM COMMUNICATION

The emergence of virtual communication, facilitated by the internet, represents a paradigm shift in human interaction. Virtual communication, reliant on modern technologies, supplants face-to-face engagement, offering users novel avenues for communication, learning, and business endeavors. This form of interaction, characterized by the exchange of symbolic and multimedia messages over the internet, has garnered attention from scholars globally. Internet communication, spanning various channels such as written text, images, audio, and video files, predominates social media platforms, shaping contemporary interactions. Our research focuses on the linguistic features of English-language communication on the internet, with an emphasis on texting. Through analysis of textual samples from Twitter and Instagram, this study aims to delineate lexical, syntactic, orthographic, and emotional characteristics of internet communication. By employing scientific research methods, this research seeks to advance theoretical understanding while offering practical insights for educational applications, thereby elucidating the nuances of network communication in the digital age.