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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| Language: | English |
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia,
2020.
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