In the Footsteps of Graphicons: Tracing Parameters and Pragmatic Strategies in Graphicon Usage

Q3 Arts and Humanities

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Philologica Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI:10.2478/ausp-2021-0021

Ina Vishogradska-Meyer

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Abstract The textual intercourse in computer-mediated communication is intertwined with graphicons of various forms, gaining new meanings and functions. They are part of the online culture and, specifically, part of the communicative skills in digital environment. In many cases, graphicons are used not as signs of emotion but rather as indication of the illocutionary force of the textual utterances that they accompany. The current work endeavours to reveal the specific aspect of language use where iconoid objects “take over” and substitute textual utterances. The paper also attempts to trace to what extent pragmatics could be applicable in the analysis of the visual representations (i.e. graphicons) embodied in computer-mediated communication as means of communicative acts. The different graphicon forms and the dynamics in the usage carry additional challenge for the interpretation of the “visual” act. However, it is possible to systematically trace a pattern in the occurrence of the graphicons – their use as a complementary to a written statement, and their use as a single communicative act.

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在Graphicon的足迹:追踪Graphicon使用中的参数和语用策略

计算机媒介传播中的文本交往与各种形式的图形交织在一起，获得了新的意义和功能。它们是网络文化的一部分，特别是数字环境中沟通技巧的一部分。在许多情况下，图形符号不是作为情感的符号，而是作为伴随它们的文本话语的言外之力的指示。目前的工作努力揭示语言使用的具体方面，其中象形对象“接管”和替代文本话语。本文还试图追溯语用学在分析作为交际行为手段的以计算机为媒介的交际中所体现的视觉表征(即图形)时的适用范围。不同的图形形式和使用中的动态为“视觉”行为的解释带来了额外的挑战。然而，有可能系统地追踪图形符号出现的模式——它们作为书面陈述的补充，以及它们作为单一交流行为的使用。

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Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Philologica Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics

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0.50

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10 weeks

期刊介绍： Series Philologica is published in cooperation with Sciendo by De Gruyter. Series Philologica publishes original, previously unpublished articles in the wide field of philological studies, and it is published in 3 issues a year (since 2014). The printed and online version of papers are identical.