The Semiotics of Emoji: The Rise of Visual Language in the Age of the Internet

by Marcel Danesi

Book Overview

Shortlisted for the BAAL Book Prize 2017

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.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474281982
• ISBN13: 9781474281980
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.5"