Abstract:
This research deals with the study of register variation on social media posts
about corona virus disease (Covid-19). The aim of this research is to investigate
the types of register on social media posts specifically around covid-19 issues and
to investigate the realization of register term in social media posts such as
Instagram and twitter about covid-19 outbreak. The research is applied descriptive
qualitative method. The data of this research is the text posts on social media that
were taken through screenshot the posts identified register and note–taking. There
50 register terms found that were analyzed based on Miles and Huberman,
including data reduction data display, and conclusion. Based on analysis, the
research finding showed that register is realized based on Field, Tenor and Mode
as the types of register. There are six function of register but the finding showed
that realization of register on social media posts provided two functions such as
information function and interaction function. The register terms are realized
through monolingual (Bahasa) and Bilingual (Bahasa and English).