Table 1 Different analyzed types of emoji sequencing
From: The grammar of emoji? Constraints on communicative pictorial sequencing
Emoji type | Definition | Example |
|---|---|---|
One-unit grammars | ||
Formulaic expressions | Emoji serving conversational functions (yes, no, hmm) |
|
Responsive emotions | Emoji used for feelings or emotions |
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Affixation | Attachment of two emoji to create a larger single unit |
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Whole image | Combination of emoji to create a single “picture” |
|
Linear grammars | ||
Reduplication | Repetition of the same emoji |
|
Semantic list | Emoji related by a semantic associative field |
|
Unrelated list | List of emoji with no intrinsic semantic relationships |
|
Temporal sequence | A linear sequence of events |
|
Categorical grammars | ||
Three-unit (SOV, SVO, etc.) | Three-unit sequence of emoji playing “grammatical” roles |
|
Two-unit (SV, SO, OS, OV, VS, VO) | Two-unit sequence of emoji playing “grammatical” roles |
|
Simple phrase grammars | ||
Embedded sequencing | Sequencing where one grouping was embedded in another grouping |
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Other classifications | ||
Metonymy | An emoji with a related meaning to the actual message |
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Rebus | Use of an emoji for its phonological correspondence unconnected to its visual meaning |
|
= hello
, 
, 
,
= running person
= person running to a ferris wheel
= “dress nice”
= “I see myself graduated, animals, house, job”
= “In the morning see a cow, then chicken, then…”
= “(I) hope soon to get a dog”
= “(I) don’t want to get married”
= A couple in love [
] goes to the ferris wheel [
]
, 
= work/job
= book a flight