In the Footsteps of Graphicons: Tracing Parameters and Pragmatic Strategies in Graphicon Usage
The textual intercourse in computer-mediated communication is intertwined with graphicons of various forms, gaining new meanings and functions. They are part of the online culture and, specifically, part of the communicative skills in digital environment. In many cases, graphicons are used not a...
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| Language: | deu |
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Scientia Publishing House
2021-12-01
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| Series: | Acta Universitatis Sapientiae: Philologica |
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| Online Access: | https://acta.sapientia.ro/content/docs/in-the-footsteps-of-graphicons-tracing-p.pdf |
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| Summary: | The textual intercourse in computer-mediated communication
is intertwined with graphicons of various forms, gaining new meanings
and functions. They are part of the online culture and, specifically,
part of the communicative skills in digital environment. In many cases,
graphicons are used not as signs of emotion but rather as indication of
the illocutionary force of the textual utterances that they accompany. The
current work endeavours to reveal the specific aspect of language use
where iconoid objects “take over” and substitute textual utterances. The
paper also attempts to trace to what extent pragmatics could be applicable
in the analysis of the visual representations (i.e. graphicons) embodied in
computer-mediated communication as means of communicative acts. The
different graphicon forms and the dynamics in the usage carry additional
challenge for the interpretation of the “visual” act. However, it is possible
to systematically trace a pattern in the occurrence of the graphicons – their
use as a complementary to a written statement, and their use as a single
communicative act. |
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| ISSN: | 2067-5151 2068-2956 |