Education and Linguistics Research ISSN 2377-1356 2018, Vol. 4, No. 1 http://elr.macrothink.org 35 An Analysis of the Linguistic Features Used in Selected Social Interactions on Facebook Gideon Rambaya Magwaro Department of Linguistics, Languages and Literature, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology, Kenya Tel: 072-757-9597 E- mail: gideonmagwaro1@gmail.com Elizabeth Odhiambo Department of Linguistics, Languages and Literature, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology, Kenya Tel: 071-819-0500 E-mail: e.achieng39@gmail.com Silas Owala Departments of Linguistic, Language & Culture, Maasai Mara University, Kenya Tel: 072-587-2424 E-mail: oowala2000@yahoo.com Received: January 1, 2018 Accepted: February 25, 2018 Published: February 27, 2018 doi:10.5296/elr.v4i1.12589 URL: http://doi.org/10.5296/elr.v4i1.12589 Abstract Facebook (FB) is one of the social networks that allow its users to interact freely by posting short messages, pictures and videos. FB has a forum where people write and post their opinions, pictures and videos to see their friends’ reactions. FB also allows anonymity thus giving users the freedom to use a language of their choice without restrictions. Given the fact that FB is an informal context, users employ certain patterns of language in their interactions.