Grounding in Online Communication

Using Emojis to Support Electronic Discourse in the Chatroom

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.210427.032How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Chatroom, common ground, electronic discourse, emojis, non-verbal cues

Abstract

A growing body of research has documented how people manage common ground in basic conversational settings. However, research is scarce when it comes to negotiating common ground in online interactions. This study was carried out to fill this gap. The purpose was to examine how people used emojis to support electronic discourse in the chatroom. To this end, captured private and group WhatsApp exchanges in which participants used emojis were analysed. The results show emojis served three main functions including non-verbal cues, paralinguistic cues, and echoes of the verbal message.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Hany Apriliani
AU  - Ahmad Bukhori Muslim
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/04/28
TI  - Grounding in Online Communication
BT  - Proceedings of the Thirteenth Conference on Applied Linguistics (CONAPLIN 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 209
EP  - 216
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210427.032
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210427.032
ID  - Apriliani2021
ER  -