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Unit3;;;Emojis:anewlanguage?

1Whilewaitingoutsidethecafeteria,Ireceivedthefollowingmessagefrommyfriend:

2IttookmeaminutebeforeIrealisedwhatitmeant.Thesignsheusedweretosaythathedberunninglateandwouldbetheresoon.Insteadofreplyingwithasimple“OK,dontrush”,Isearchedforemojisonmyphonethatwouldexpressthesamemessage:;3Thiswasmyattempttofollowthetrendofcommunicatingwithemojis.Emojisareusedeverywhere,fromtextmessagestoemails,blogsandothersocialmedianetworks.Withtherapiddevelopmentofsocialmedia,emojisarebecominganintegralcomponentofthelanguageweusetoexpressourselves.

4Theword“emoji”comesfromJapanese,literallymeaning“picturecharacter”.Emojisaresmallsymbolsrepresentingideas,emotionsorfeelings.Theycomeindifferentcategories,suchasfacesandpeople,plantsandanimals,andfoodanddrink.;5WhenfirstintroducedinJapanin1999,emojiswerelimitedto176simpledesigns.Nowtherearemorethan3,000emojisthatexpanduponthewayinwhichwecommunicate.Duetotheirpopularity,theOxfordDictionariesWordoftheYearin2015was,forthefirsttimeever,apictographinsteadofatraditionalword.

6Intodaysworld,emojishavebecomemoreandmorepopular.Itseemsthatemojishaveclearadvantagesoverwrittenlanguage.Peoplelikethembecausetheyaddemotionalmeaning,andarequickandeasytouse.Infact,thisissimilartothegesturesweusewhenwespeak.Withasmilingorsadfaceaddedtoamessageorpost,yourreadercan“see”yourfacialexpressionwhilereadingyourwords.Emojiscanalsohelppeopleexpresstheirfeelingswhentheycannotfindtheappropriatewords.Forinstance,ifyourfriendismovingacrossthecountry,youmayjustsendthemastringofcryingfacestoexpressyoursadnessoveryourseparation.;7Theuseofemojishasevenspreadtoclassicalliterature.AShakespeareseriesforyoungreadersh