Abstract :

Tik Tok has become a popular way for people to express themselves in recent years. Semiotic analysis of the tik tok application in android phone is the title of this research. The purpose of this research is to describe the semiotics analysis of tik tok application through connotative and denotative meanings. The qualitative descriptive method is used by the authors in this study. Observation is the way for gathering data. Choosing the symbol to be studied is the first step. The findings show that twenty-five different symbols in the Tik Tok application on android phone have meaning. Based on the symbols, each of them attend a different function. The conclusions is by using this application users can share videos, interact with others, explore the globe and learn English.

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Keywords :

Android, Linguistic, Semiotic, Symbol, Tik Tok

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