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Are Emojis Creating a New or Old Visual Language for New Generations? A Socio-Semiotic Study
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Alshenqeeti, Hamza – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
The increasing use of emojis, digital images that can represent a word or feeling in a text or email, and the fact that they can be strung together to create a sentence with real and full meaning raises the question of whether they are creating a new language amongst technologically savvy youth, or devaluing existing language. There is however a…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Visual Aids, Language Usage, Sociolinguistics