Essays about: "emoticons"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the word emoticons.

  1. 1. Twitch and emotes : A study on the utilization of graphicons in synchronous environments

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Ibrahim Goulom; [2022]
    Keywords : CMC; Graphicons; Emojis; Emoticons; Emotes; Twitch; Synchronous; Corpus; Corpus Linguistics; Discourse; Discourse community; Live Discourse Community;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the use of emotes in a synchronous environment where hundreds to thousands of people communicate with each other in different discourse communities. The thesis performs a study on emote use based on the frequencies they are used and their different CMC features in these communities to acquire knowledge on the contextual basis of emote use in synchronous environments. READ MORE

  2. 2. Emojis and emoticons on Twitter : A Study on the use of emojis and emoticons in Twitter data: A Curators of Sweden project.

    University essay from Växjö universitet/Institutionen för humaniora

    Author : Nour Ghazi; [2021]
    Keywords : Emoji; emoticons; computer-mediated communication; female and male; language; social media; Twitter; and communication.;

    Abstract : This paper aimed to examine the use of emojis and emoticons in Twitter data. Therefore, the study utilized Twitter data on how emojis and emoticons were used in English in the Curators of Sweden project by Swedish individuals. READ MORE

  3. 3. Linguistic Differences in Real Conversations: Human to Human vs Human to Chatbot

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Eirini Silkej; [2020-03-02]
    Keywords : engelska; English learner; Natural language processing; Artificial Intelligence; AI; Linguistics and AI; Text messaging; Instant Messaging; IM; Chatbot; Mitsuku; Computermediated communication; CMC;

    Abstract : This study investigates how students communicate in writing when they know that their conversational partner is a human being in comparison to how they communicate when they know their partner is a chatbot. The participants are upper secondary students of English. READ MORE

  4. 4. Hedging Rule Discussions : A study on hedging and emoticons in an online board game discussion forum

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

    Author : Joakim Aldén; [2019]
    Keywords : Hedging; hedge; politeness theory; computer-mediated communication; cmc; pragmatics;

    Abstract : In everyday language, people tend to speak in a non-committing fashion when making claims, either to save their own face or to save another person’s face. In linguistics, this is called hedging, with common words and expressions such as probably, assume and I don’t know often revealing that a hedging speech act has been performed. READ MORE

  5. 5. The role of instant messenger as computermediated communication tool for knowledge sharing and teamwork performance

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Informatik

    Author : Johannes Hönlinger; [2018]
    Keywords : instant messenger; computer-mediated communication; teamwork performance; emoticons; CMCI;

    Abstract : Background: The virtuality of teams has increased due to the emergence computer-mediated communication (CMC) tools in the last decades. The push of instant messengers (IM) in private life has also lead to a stronger influx in the professional context. READ MORE