A pragmatic study of emoji in English comments on Instagram
Other Title(s)
دراسة تداوليه في الرموز التعبيرية للتعليقات الإنكليزية في الانستاغرام
Joint Authors
Mahmud, Ali Abd Allah
Muhammad, Nur Salman
Source
Journal of Diyala for Humanities Researches
Issue
Vol. 2021, Issue 89، ج. 2 (30 Sep. 2021), pp.653-670, 18 p.
Publisher
University of Diyala College of Education for Human Sciences
Publication Date
2021-09-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
18
Main Subjects
Languages & Comparative Literature
Topics
Abstract EN
The internet technology and social media are more prevalent nowadays because of the big influence they have brought to social life.
These definitely change the way we communicate to the extent that they facilitate the interactions between people.
In fact, the use of emoji is important because it changes the writing system of instant messaging in computer mediated communication to compensate for the lack of paralinguistic devices such as gestures, body language and facial expressions.
This paper studies the pragmatic function of emoji which is one of the most widespread techniques that is brought up with the new technology.
However, misunderstanding which occurs in written communication due to the lack of non-verbal means calls for looking for new device, i.
e.
emoji.
This may help to give the correct interpretation when emojis are associated with written messages on the Instagram.
Emojis on Instagram corpus are categorised and analysed within the main structure of Yus's (2014) eight-function taxonomy.
These can be abbreviated into 'attitude signal' 'attitude intensity enhancer' illocutionary force modifier' 'humor' 'irony' 'emotion signal' 'parallel emotion signal' 'emotion intensity enhancer'.
The results show that emojis can be analysed due to this taxonomy.
In addition, the participants in different comments use these functions, and each emoji adds a new meaning to the utterance, which helps in showing the feelings and attitudes of the participants.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Muhammad, Nur Salman& Mahmud, Ali Abd Allah. 2021. A pragmatic study of emoji in English comments on Instagram. Journal of Diyala for Humanities Researches،Vol. 2021, no. 89، ج. 2, pp.653-670.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1306764
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Muhammad, Nur Salman& Mahmud, Ali Abd Allah. A pragmatic study of emoji in English comments on Instagram. Journal of Diyala for Humanities Researches No. 89, p. 2 (2021), pp.653-670.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1306764
American Medical Association (AMA)
Muhammad, Nur Salman& Mahmud, Ali Abd Allah. A pragmatic study of emoji in English comments on Instagram. Journal of Diyala for Humanities Researches. 2021. Vol. 2021, no. 89، ج. 2, pp.653-670.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1306764
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
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Record ID
BIM-1306764