"I Heart Emojis": Emoji Text Messaging as Linguistic Performance

• In Event: 34.097 - Sheraton Roundtable Session Four - Grand Centre
  In Roundtable Session: 34.097-5 - Intertextuality, Frame, and Footing: Exploring Linguistic Performance

Abstract

This paper considers the emoji text message use of a five-year-old literacy learner. In particular, this paper asserts that she uses emoji text messages to assert her identity as a literate person, to cultivate relationships with others, and to express herself symbolically.

Author

• Amy Johnson Lachuk, University of Wisconsin - Madison