Colloquiality analysis on social networks: A case from Twitter

Andre Luiz França Batista; Carlos Henrique da Silveira Campos; Daniel  Ramos Pimentel

doi:10.31686/ijier.vol8.iss4.2295

Authors

Andre Luiz França Batista

Federal Institute of Triangulo Mineiro

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3225-8359
Carlos Henrique da Silveira Campos

Federal Institute of Triangulo Mineiro
Daniel Ramos Pimentel

Federal Institute of Triangulo Mineiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol8.iss4.2295

Keywords:

social network sites, Twitter, natural language, linguistics

Abstract

Social network sites are present in a constant way in society. The manner people write in social network sites has their dynamism because of the speed information are replicated, the reach publications may have, network sites’ peculiarities and the seek for fame. This generates linguistic constructions that are not in accord with the standard norm of the Portuguese language. This quantitative work aims to relate the use of colloquial constructions on Twitter with user's popularity, posts popularity and other specific factors of this social network. This analysis was made using regular expressions, dictionaries, and frequency distribution to identify colloquial constructions. A support system was developed to perform analysis, management, and mining.

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