Psycho-Social and Linguistic Characteristics of Social Media

Abstract

Today, linguistic research is no longer limited to the study of language structure or history. Its interdisciplinary study, such as linguistics and psychology, social sciences, technologies, and cultural studies, combining various fields of science, aims to better understand language as a psychological, social, and cultural phenomenonThe study of language helps psychology better understand how individuals develop their thinking and communication skills, and what impact this has on their emotional and social state. Through language, a person has the ability to convey various emotions by choosing words that assist in expressing their inner state more effectively.

 In social networks, individuals from different social circles, age groups, and psychological backgrounds interact and try to shape ideas and values. Social media impacts not only the psychological state of individuals but also their social relationships. Its influence is multifaceted and, at times, quite contradictory. Language is not only a tool for communication, but it also affects an individual's psychology, thinking, and social interactions.

The analysis of social networks allows us to explore psychological, social, cultural, and linguistic aspects. Based on our interests, we observed various social networks and the textual messages posted in the groups there. As a result of observing the peculiarities, we identified linguistic characteristics. It is noteworthy that the online space plays a significant role in terms of psychological, social, and linguistic aspects; it is important to observe how members of different social groups use language and how much attention they pay to maintaining linguistic norms in social networks.

At the moment, based on the material at hand, we can say that there is a noticeable prevalence of lexical units expressing irony and anger. In the case of irony, the focus is often placed on physical appearance and mental abilities, with barbarisms used in comparisons: "Why are this man’s eyebrows stretched from Nikofsi to Darubandi?" "You might as well wear a bandage, so that your stomach doesn’t burst out from under that glamorous jumper." "What is this off-center singing? What’s making this forest bear sing?" and so on..

There are a considerable number of morphological, orthographic and syntactic disorders. E.g.,: რამ გადაგრიათ ამას რომ ვწერ ვტირივარ [ram gadagriat amas rom vwer vtirivar] (What’s wrong with you? I'm crying as I write this)... უცხოპლანეტელის თავი რომ მაქ ვერ ხედავ? [uckhoplanetelis tavi rom maqv ver khedav?] (Do you not see that I have the head of an alien?) ეს  ყველამ იციან რა ცხოველია [es kvelam itsian ra tskhovelia] (Everyone knows what kind of beast this is)... ვაი თქვენ თუ ლამაზი გქონდეთ ნანახი [vai tqven tu lamazi gqondet nanakhi] (Shame on you if you've ever seen something beautiful)...

Our attention was drawn to the compounds and phraseologisms: 5 ანგელოზი მიწას მიაბარეს და შენ რა გამღერებს შენ შემოგიარე ზალაში. [khuti angelozi mitsashi tsevs da shen ra gamgherebs shen shemogiare zalashi] (Five angels were laid to rest on the ground, and as for what will make you sing, I walked around your coffin in the hall.)

Among the figurative and expressive techniques, the use of comparison and epithet is especially frequent: ეხლა ეს ფოტო გააქრე ორგანიზაციის ფეიჯიდან თორე, რო დაგავლებ ხელს, გახვრეტილი კალოშივით გათრევ ორღობე-ორღობე, ჩქარა!!!! [ekhla es photo gaaqre organizatsiis peidjidan tore, ro dagavleb khels, gakhvretili kaloshivit gatrev orghobe-orghobe, chqara!!!] (Now delete this photo from the organization’s page, or else, if I lay my hands on you, you'll be dragged through the fields like a torn boot. Hurry up!!!)

We encounter examples of dialectical speech: ვის აქვს სახლიდან გასასყიდი სწენკა დადევით; [vis aqvs sakhlidan gasaskidi stenka dadevit ](Who has a stenka (furniture wall) to sell from their house? Put it on the webpage?), მაინც და მაინც უნდა შამამაკვდე ქალო?!! [maints da maints unda shamamakvde qalo?!!] Should I kill you, woman?

Thus,   In the modern world, cultural, social, and technological development plays a significant role in language change, which is fascinating and noteworthy in many ways. a considerable number of morphological-orthographic and syntactic errors are encountered, such as agreement in number, incorrect use of conjunctions, etc.