The Emoji Code: The Linguistics Behind Smiley Faces and Scaredy Cats

by Vyvyan Evans

Book Overview

Drawing from disciplines as diverse as linguistics, cognitive science, psychology, and neuroscience, The Emoji Code explores how emojis are expanding communication and not ending it.

For all the handwringing about the imminent death of written language, emoji--those happy faces and hearts--is not taking us backward to the dark ages of illiteracy. Every day 41.5 billion texts are sent by one quarter of the world, using 6 million...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250129060
• ISBN13: 9781250129062
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Picador USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 8.7"