P Language Wordplay by Teenagers on Twitter in 2011 – 2013:A Sociolinguistic Study

Abstract

Slang language used by teenangers nowadays is more diverse than slang language
before. One of the slang language used by teenangers in digital technology era is P language. P
language usually used by teenangers to talk about secret things and used only with their
community that understand the language. This research is analyzed P language wordplay
patterns by teenangers written on Twitter in 2011 – 2013. The method used in this research is
qualitative method, the data obtained and presented descriptively with documentary study. Data
in this research is a teenangers writing documentation between 13 to 22 years old on Twitter
using P language wordplay. In describing the data this research is used basic and advanced
technique. The result of this research there is 17 wordplay patterns in three data teenangers
writing using wordplay in Twitter with P language.