Sarcasm in written communication: emoticons are efficient markers of intention

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Sarcasm in written communication: emoticons are efficient markers of intention

Here we present two studies that investigate the use of emoticons in clarifying message intent. We look at sarcasm in particular, which can be especially hard to interpret correctly in written communication. In both studies, participants were required to make the intentions of their messages clear....

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Main Authors:	Thompson, Dominic, Filik, Ruth
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley 2016
Subjects:	emoticons irony sarcasm text messaging CMC language production pragmatics
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32377/

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