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Emoji use validates the potential for meaning standardization among ideographic symbols

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 October 2023

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Laurie Beth Feldman*
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Department of Psychology, The University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY, USA lfeldman@albany.edu
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Abstract

Technological innovations for online communication reduce the impact of signal transience on meaning standardization while boosting access to reliable patterning across multiple linguistic and nonlinguistic contexts – both asynchronous and synchronous. We classify emojis as ideographic symbols, examine their interdependence with surrounding words when reading/writing, and argue that emoji use validates the potential for meaning standardization in ideographs.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 46 , 2023 , e241
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