Isaac Verdugo, Riley Kwinn, Brendan Xiong, and Gustavo Gutierrez NBA (National Basketball Association) slang is widely used by basketball fans all over the world. NBA slang is formed and developed with NBA history. It has unique features and functions that give NBA fans the opportunity to express their opinions about the game of basketball in […]
Are some NBA slang terms too vague? Absolutely! Read Post »
Matthew Lee, Sam Lin, Huimin Liu, Francisco Morales, Annika Park In recent years, Korean popular music, or K-pop, has led the way for a meteoric rise in global popularity of Korean culture. According to Sue Jin Lee’s study, “The Korean Wave: The Seoul of Asia,” this Korean wave—hallyu in Korean—has garnered a worldwide fanbase whose
K-Netizen: Examining Possessive Behavior in K-pop Social Media Discourse Read Post »
Wenqian Guo This study investigates how and why a specific speaker’s linguistic behavioral patterns may differ across channels on the same social media platform. Specifically, this research addresses important components in conversations, such as grammaticality and illocutionary indications, as well as the emoji feature that is exclusive to online media, the Chinese social media platform
Julia Baylon, Rachel Rim, Carolina Guerrero, Hebbah Elokour, and Caelynn Hwang If you’re a college student reading this, you are a key individual in the composition of the Gen Z identity. Gen Z, today’s 18-23-year-olds, is defined by its fervent slang usage as well as its notorious association with and attachment to technology. Commonly used
Do you LOL out loud? Screen time influence on internet slang irl Read Post »
Subin Kim, Jihee Choi, Fiona Dai, Chris Ngo This study investigates social implications of Asian Americans being stereotyped as a model minority. The notion of the model minority basically highlights only positive aspects and successes of a group, while ignoring or downplaying the negative aspects and characteristics. Many Asian Americans have been preconceived as “nerdy”
A Digital Take on Modern Model Minority: Not So Subtle Asian Traits Read Post »
Anonymous author, Daniela Vega, Giselle Chan, Yuxiao Li This study provides an analysis on the use of general extenders within Generation Z (Gen Z) online discourse. Utilizing qualitative analysis methods on social media dialogue (e.g. Youtube comments, Tweets, Spotify playlists, etc.) allows us to demonstrate how Gen Z members have created a new general extender
Gen Z, Slang, and Stuff Read Post »