Graphic symbols and Emoji as a nonverbal tool in internet discourse

Журмагамбетов Сержан Максатулы
Ақтөбе қаласы
Дарынды жасөспірімдерге арналған
Ақтөбе облыстық мамандандырылған
“Білім-Инновация” лицей-интернаты
ағылшын тілі пәнінің мұғалімі,
педагог-сарапшы,
кәсіби бағдар беруші

 The rapid growth of information technology has influenced the processes of communication and speech communication. With the advent of the Internet, social networks, human communication has taken on new forms, which has prompted a comprehensive study of Internet communication. The linguistics subsection, which studies new language means of communication, which arose under the influence of the development of the Internet space, is defined by researchers as «internet linguistics.» [1]

Theobject of thestudyofInternet-linguisticsiscomputer-mediatedcommunication,namely the languageservingthenewcommunicativeenvironment.ThesubjectofthestudyofInternet-linguisticsarethe features ofthefunctioningoflanguageatlexical,morphological,syntax,andphonetic-graphiclevels.

A large number of users are involved in the Internet space through email, SMS messages, chats of various applications (Whatsapp, Telegram ), web pages, social networks. The natural human language of functioning in the electronic environment is undergoing significant changes. Computer-mediated communication, Internet discourse attracts of a large number of researchers, among them D.Crystal, S.C.Herring, E.I.Goroshko, N.A.A.Arenova, T.Polyakova.

AnalysisoftheInternetdiscourserevealedthat the communicationofusers is carried outnotonlybyverbalbutalsobynon-verbalmeans,aswellasbyamixedtype,theso-calledcreolizedtext.Creolizedtextisacombinationofverbalandnon-verbal,visualmeansofcommunication.Thevisualcomponentisrepresentedbysymbols,drawings,photos,diagrams.

Studiesofpostsandcommentsonsocialmediaprovethatgraphicsigns,symbolsandemoticonsgivevirtualcommunicationemotionalityandinfluencetherecipient of themessage.

Pictograms depicting emotions are most often made up of typographical signs:

Fun:

)or:)or:-)-smilingemojis;

:’-) :’-D is a rye symbol, laughing to tears ))))))))))))) or 😀 means that a person laughs heartily.

Sad:

🙁 or 🙁 or (- the opening brace means a sad smile;

:-asadmoodofsorrow;

;(-cries;

Other emotions:

O.OorO-O-surprise;

:*)or%Oisanembarrassment;

(-.-) — sleepy or sleeping;

-7 — sarcasm;

:-e-disappointment;

:-/ — a sense of bewilderment and confusion.

Emojisareusedincombinationwithverbalinformation tosupplementit.However, it isnotuncommonforemojisandemoticonstoreplacethefullyverbalpartofcommunicationintheformof a sentenceandsometimesanentiretext.

Thescreenshot aboveishumorous,asitillustratesthetypicalbehaviorof a maleaudienceduringtheday.Thescreenshot isdepictedusingthreetypesofemoticons.Thebehaviorofthefemaleaudience,on the otherhand,isironicallyportrayedby12typesof»smiles».Thecontentof the textconveysthegendercharacteristicsofthecommunicativebehaviorofusers of socialnetworksof the maleandfemalesex.

Analysisofcommunicationinchatrooms,forums,socialnetworksfoundthedistinctivefeaturesofInternetcommunicationincomparisonwithreallivecommunication.Non-verbalmeanssuchasemojis,emoticons,stickers,animatedimagesareacharacteristicfeatureandanintegralpartofcommunicationinvariousformsofInternetcommunication.

Literature:

1. CrystalD.LanguageoftheInternet.Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress,2001.272s.

2.PolyakovaT.»Internet-linguisticsasanewdirectionoflinguistics»//PsycholinguisticsNo.8,2011p.146-152

3.AkhenovaN.A.TheoreticalfoundationsofInternet-linguistics/PhilologicalSciences.Theoryandpracticeissues.Tambov:Literature,2013.No10(28).C.22-26.

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