AN ANALYSIS OF IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS USED BY CONTENT CREATORS ON TIKTOK

This study covered the idiomatic expressions used by TikTok content creators. Finding out meaning, characteristic, and contributions of for English teaching are goals this study. In 12 videos, researcher discovered 54 idioms, which writer has examined. The methodology was qualitative research. study's data sources were terms in that creators addressed. nonhuman instrument is a smartphone, its human subject. Data categorization, selection, reading comprised three steps. searched type idioms using Adam Makkai's idea. Idioms can be classified as either lexemic or sememic. All lexemic. Phrasal verb tournure irreversible binomial phrasal compound integrating five different characteristic idioms. Makkai theory applied investigation. researchers 3 incorporating 26 4 19 2