Phatic emoji of javanese netizens in social media: a cyberpragmatics perspective on a creative communicative strategy

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• What: Regarding this, the study discusses the types of speech acts and the functions of emojis used in each speech act from the cyberpragmatics perspective to get a clear depiction of the creative use of emojis in social media communication. The study focuses on the cyberpragmatics analysis concerning the emojis that occurred in WhatsApp texts of Javanese netizens. The research described the types of speech acts containing emojis in WhatsApp group communication such as assertives, directives, expressives, and phatic.
• Who: Javanese netizens et al. from the English Language Department, Faculty of Communication Science, Widya Mandala . . .
  

   

  

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