Affiliation:
1. Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2. City University of Hong Kong
Abstract
Abstract
This paper explores the pragmatics of emojis co-occurring with or embedded in text on Chinese social media with
this central research question: what are the patterns and the communicative functions manifested by emojis in co-occurrence with
Chinese text? Building on the metafunctional approach of multimodal analysis, popular online posts from Sina Weibo which contain
both emoji(s) and text have been collected and analyzed to discover the representational, interactive, and compositional features
manifested by emojis co-occurring with text. We have found that these emojis on Weibo appear most frequently at the end of the
posts and reflect some unique Chinese cultural and linguistic features. Based on recurring pragmatic and functional patterns of
text-emoji co-occurrences, it is proposed that emojis are used to perform speech acts, highlight subjective interpretations, and
enhance informality, while substituting, reinforcing, and complementing the meanings conveyed by verbal language.
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Subject
Linguistics and Language,Philosophy,Language and Linguistics
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