What is it about?
This study examines how emojis contribute to humor in casual WhatsApp chats. The findings show that emojis help mark when a joke starts and ends, as well as respond to humor—often mimicking laughter. The most frequently used emojis for this purpose are the classic yellow smiling and laughing faces, though other, less common emojis can also be used in playful and creative ways.
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Why is it important?
This study helps us understand how emojis shape digital communication, particularly humor. Since humor is an essential part of human interaction, exploring how it works in online conversations can improve our understanding of digital language and social bonding in messaging apps.
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This page is a summary of: Emojis and the performance of humour in everyday electronically-mediated conversation, Internet Pragmatics, August 2020, John Benjamins,
DOI: 10.1075/ip.00062.samp.
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