Accentuating illocutionary forces: emoticons as speech act realization strategies in a multicultural online communication environment

The global acceptance of emoticons has acknowledged the development of digital symbols in a communication setting when language alone can become a barrier in expressing certain intentions and feelings. This paper discusses how emoticons help indicate the illocutionary forces in texts and serve as pa...

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Main Author: Azianura Hani Shaari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15139/1/37164-122656-2-PB.pdf
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15139/
http://ejournals.ukm.my/3l/issue/view/1258
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Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Language: English