CYBERLINGUISTICS is evolving before our eyes. The younger generation are using emotion”
” symbols in shorthand for words, as they text rather than speak. We are witnessing the evolution of a new social language. “Some chat and instant message programs will automatically translate text smiley faces into graphical emoticons. The word emoticon is defined as a pictorial representation of a facial expression.”
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