In order to communicate quickly, many mobile phone users useemoji characters (similar to emoticons) while sending messages. Service providers have also created a set ofemoji characters and have added support for it.
2010 April 17, Martin Bryant, “Twitter Reveals Details of New ‘Annotated Tweets’ Feature”, inThe Next Web[2], archived fromthe original on22 February 2017:
One of the most exciting announcements at Twitter's Chirp conference this week was "Annotated Tweets".[…] The data attached doesn't have to be simple text. Twitter suggests examples such as MIDI data (for music) oremoji (for fancy emoticons).
2011 April 5,Sam Biddle, “IRL Emojis: Our New Favourite Way to Waste Time on the Phone”, inGizmodo[3], archived fromthe original on20 March 2013:
So what do a bunch of dudes with iPhones do when they haven't eaten all day, are waiting at your restaurant table, starving, annoyed, and need to pass the time. They innovate. They bringemojis to life. In public.[…] Give it a shot – it's probably the one semi-practical thing you can do with anemoji[…].
Like any natural language grammar, the distribution ofemoji in texts, as well as the construction of phrases and sentences withemoji symbols in them, implies a systematic structure, otherwise it would be impossible to literally "read" theemoji texts.
2017 August,Vyvyan Evans, “What’s in a Word?”, inThe Emoji Code: The Linguistics behind Smiley Faces and Scaredy Cats, 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.:Picador,→ISBN,page102:
At present,Emoji functions not to replace the linguistic mode, but to complement it – the good old-fashioned English word is not going to be in danger any time soon.Emoji enables, arguably for the first time, a multimodal component to text-based digital communication, providing a code that fills out the communicative message in the linguistic mode, conveyed through text.
2018 March 24, “Apple Wants to Introduce New Emojis for Disabled People”, inBBC News[4], archived fromthe original on9 July 2018:
Apple wants to introduce newemojis to better represent people with disabilities. A guide dog, a wheelchair user and prosthetic limbs are just some of the symbols it's suggested.
2023 July 17, Benjamin Laker, “Emojis in the Modern Workplace: A Psychological Perspective”, inPsychology Today[5]:
In addition to promoting efficient communication,emojis foster a sense of camaraderie and unity among coworkers. This was demonstrated during the initial stages of the pandemic when Slack employees used the ❤️emoji to express solidarity and emotional support.
“emoji”, inKielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][6] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki:Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland),2004–, retrieved2 July 2023
