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Emoticons in text may function like gestures in spoken or signed communication

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2017

Laurie Beth Feldman ,
Cecilia R. Aragon ,
Nan-Chen Chen  and
Judith F. Kroll
Laurie Beth Feldman
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University at Albany, Albany, NY 12222. lfeldman@albany.edu www.albany.edu/psychology Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, CT 06511. http://www.haskins.yale.edu
Cecilia R. Aragon
Affiliation:
Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195. aragon@uw.edu http://hcde.washington.edu http://depts.washington.edu/hdsl/ nanchen@uw.edu http://hcde.washington.edu http://depts.washington.edu/hdsl/
Nan-Chen Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195. aragon@uw.edu http://hcde.washington.edu http://depts.washington.edu/hdsl/ nanchen@uw.edu http://hcde.washington.edu http://depts.washington.edu/hdsl/
Judith F. Kroll
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521. judith.kroll@ucr.edu http://psychology.ucr.edu/faculty/kroll/index.html https://bilingualismmindbrain.com/
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Abstract

We draw parallels between emoticons in textual communication and gesture in signed language with respect to the interdependence of codes by describing two contexts under which the behavior of emoticons in textual communication resembles that of gesture in speech. Generalizing from those findings, we propose that gesture is likely characterized by a nuanced interdependence with language whether signed, spoken or texted.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e55
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