Research Catalog

Title

The semiotics of Emoji : the rise of visual language in the age of the Internet / Marcel Danesi.

Author

Danesi, Marcel, 1946-

Publication

• London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.
• ©2017

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Details

Description

viii, 197 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Summary

Emoji have gone from being virtually unknown to being a central topic in internet communication. What is behind the rise and rise of these winky faces, clinking glasses and smiling poos? Given the sheer variety of verbal communication on the internet and English's still-controversial role as lingua mundi for the web, these icons have emerged as a compensatory universal language. The Semiotics of Emoji looks at what is officially the world's fastest-growing form of communication. Emoji, the colourful symbols and glyphs that represent everything from frowning disapproval to red-faced shame, are fast becoming embedded into digital communication. Controlled by a centralized body and regulated across the web, emoji seems to be a language: but is it? The rapid adoption of emoji in such a short span of time makes it a rich study in exploring the functions of language. Professor Marcel Danesi, an internationally-known expert in semiotics, branding and communication, answers the pertinent questions. Are emoji making us dumber? Can they ultimately replace language? Will people grow up emoji literate as well as digitally native? Can there be such a thing as a Universal Visual Language? Read this book for the answers--

Series Statement

Bloomsbury advances in semiotics

Uniform Title

Bloomsbury advances in semiotics.

Subject

• Emoticons
• Social media > Semiotics
• Visual communication > Digital techniques
• Writing > Interactive multimedia
• Language and the Internet
• Writing

Genre/Form

Interactive multimedia.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-193) and index.

Contents

Emoji and writing systems -- Emoji uses -- Emoji competence -- Emoji semantics -- Emoji grammar -- Emoji pragmatics -- Emoji variation -- Emoji spread -- Universal languages -- A communication revolution?

Call Number

JFD 18-4330

ISBN

• 9781474281997
• 1474281990
• 9781474281980
• 1474281982

LCCN

2016029227

OCLC

958585724

Author

Danesi, Marcel, 1946- author.

Title

The semiotics of Emoji : the rise of visual language in the age of the Internet / Marcel Danesi.

Publisher

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.

Copyright Date

©2017

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Bloomsbury advances in semiotics

Bloomsbury advances in semiotics.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-193) and index.

Local Note

AUTH: UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO. EXAMINES SOCIAL AND LINGUISTIC ASPECTS OF EMOJIS.

Research Call Number

JFD 18-4330