The Impact of Digital Communication on Modern Syntax: Syntactic Changes in Social Media Platforms

Abstract

The prime aim of this research is to explore the impact of digital communication on modern language and syntax. This research presents the use of words and phrases in modern day communication and how social media platforms have changed the traditional writing styles. People now a days use different language styles and syntax in their language like abbreviations, emojis, stickers and slangs just to show their emotions, feelings and thoughts more quickly in their day to day communicative styles. By observing the real examples from social media platforms like Instagram, Twitter, Whatsapp, TikTok, Snapchat and many other online platforms. The research shows that online communication and writing styles have become more deviational than face to face conversation.  People find it more creative because they do not follow the grammatical and syntactic rules. They have many choices which they can choose easily available on social media platforms. They do not have to follow the rules of the prescriptive English grammar. The findings show that digital media is not just changing how words are used and put together to make a phrase or sentence but it has also encouraged the people to communicate in new ways to express their thoughts and feelings quickly by using short words and abbreviations and stickers. Overall, this change reflects how language is adapting to the fast-paced digital world, making online conversations more expressive and emotionally engaging.