This study examines the forms and functions of emojis as used by Omani men and women friends and relatives in messages exchanged on the Instant Messaging application called WhatsApp. Emojis, or “picture characters,” are a ...

Although social-networking sites have become increasingly dialogic – with automated response buttons and spaces for comments available under almost every bit of content – the audience patterns and hearership norms that ...

The Philippines is a diverse linguistic environment with more than 8 major languages spoken and a complicated language policy affected by its colonization history. With this context, this research investigates Cebuano and ...