The isolation of lexical item ‘tea’ from ‘spill the tea’ among Malay twitter users

The appropriation of idioms in everyday communication has been a norm among language users. Lately, the use of only a single lexical item in an idiomatic phrase has been widely used especially by social media users. The use of isolated lexical item ‘tea’ from ‘spill the tea’ has been used extensivel...

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Main Authors:	Hamdi Khalis, Hibriyatul Rifhan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14325/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14325/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14325/1/35389-110905-1-SM.pdf

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spelling	ukm-143252020-02-27T04:09:38Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14325/ The isolation of lexical item ‘tea’ from ‘spill the tea’ among Malay twitter users Hamdi Khalis, Hibriyatul Rifhan, The appropriation of idioms in everyday communication has been a norm among language users. Lately, the use of only a single lexical item in an idiomatic phrase has been widely used especially by social media users. The use of isolated lexical item ‘tea’ from ‘spill the tea’ has been used extensively by Malay Twitter users. This research looks into the contexts that motivate Malay Twitter users to use the isolated lexical item ‘tea’. Thematic analysis was used as the framework of this research in order to strategically identify the context of this phenomenon. There are five categories in which the contexts fall into; 1) revealing oneself own secret, 2) workplace related issue, 3) Celebrity Gossips, 4) revealing another people’s secret, and 5) political discussion. The analysis revealed that most users used the isolated lexical item ‘tea’ when the users wanted to unveil a secret. Besides that, it is worth noting that even on social media, Malay users tend to avoid criticising a threatening issue. The findings of this research can be further applied in analysing the appropriation of idioms among social media users. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14325/1/35389-110905-1-SM.pdf Hamdi Khalis, and Hibriyatul Rifhan, (2019) The isolation of lexical item ‘tea’ from ‘spill the tea’ among Malay twitter users. Jurnal Melayu, 18 (2). pp. 219-230. ISSN 1675-7513 http://ejournal.ukm.my/jmelayu/issue/view/1223
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description	The appropriation of idioms in everyday communication has been a norm among language users. Lately, the use of only a single lexical item in an idiomatic phrase has been widely used especially by social media users. The use of isolated lexical item ‘tea’ from ‘spill the tea’ has been used extensively by Malay Twitter users. This research looks into the contexts that motivate Malay Twitter users to use the isolated lexical item ‘tea’. Thematic analysis was used as the framework of this research in order to strategically identify the context of this phenomenon. There are five categories in which the contexts fall into; 1) revealing oneself own secret, 2) workplace related issue, 3) Celebrity Gossips, 4) revealing another people’s secret, and 5) political discussion. The analysis revealed that most users used the isolated lexical item ‘tea’ when the users wanted to unveil a secret. Besides that, it is worth noting that even on social media, Malay users tend to avoid criticising a threatening issue. The findings of this research can be further applied in analysing the appropriation of idioms among social media users.
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author	Hamdi Khalis, Hibriyatul Rifhan,
spellingShingle	Hamdi Khalis, Hibriyatul Rifhan, The isolation of lexical item ‘tea’ from ‘spill the tea’ among Malay twitter users
author_facet	Hamdi Khalis, Hibriyatul Rifhan,
author_sort	Hamdi Khalis,
title	The isolation of lexical item ‘tea’ from ‘spill the tea’ among Malay twitter users
title_short	The isolation of lexical item ‘tea’ from ‘spill the tea’ among Malay twitter users
title_full	The isolation of lexical item ‘tea’ from ‘spill the tea’ among Malay twitter users
title_fullStr	The isolation of lexical item ‘tea’ from ‘spill the tea’ among Malay twitter users
title_full_unstemmed	The isolation of lexical item ‘tea’ from ‘spill the tea’ among Malay twitter users
title_sort	isolation of lexical item ‘tea’ from ‘spill the tea’ among malay twitter users
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2019
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14325/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14325/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14325/1/35389-110905-1-SM.pdf
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The isolation of lexical item ‘tea’ from ‘spill the tea’ among Malay twitter users

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