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Ideography in interaction
Greta Gandolfi1, Martin J Pickering1
1School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK greta.gandolfi@ed.ac.uk; https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/greta-gandolfi martin.pickering@ed.ac.uk; https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/martin-pickering.
Abstract:
The standardization account predicts short message service (SMS) interactions, allowed by current technology, will support the use and conventionalization of ideographs. Relying on psycholinguistic theories of dialogue, we argue that ideographs (such as emoji) can be used by interlocutors in SMS interactions, so that the main contributor can use them to accompany language and the addressee can use them as stand-alone feedback.
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