Emoticon as word
Two years ago I reviewed some of the literature on emoticon use, concluding that emoticons are words. This was, perhaps, a mere academic curiosity. After all, emoticons don't share all the characteristics that we typically associate with words—pronounceability, for instance. This shouldn't deter us, though; as artifacts of visual communication, it doesn…
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