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Do Emojis Make It Harder for People to Understand Me?
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Guest: Professor Dr Surinderpal Kaur, Dean of Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, University Malaya
Do you love using emojis to convey the emotions behind your words but find that not everyone actually gets what you’re trying to say? Why do people interpret emojis differently? On this episode of Today I Learned, linguistic student, Grace Tan, presents these questions to us. So we dive into the world of emojis to find out how they’ve evolved as a language and whether the miscommunications are worth the fun.
Image Credit: Domingo Alvarez E, Unsplash
Presenter: Lim Sue Ann
Producer: Sudais Ferhard
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Do Emojis Make It Harder for People to Understand Me?
Guest: Professor Dr Surinderpal Kaur, Dean of Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, University Malaya
Do you love using emojis to convey the emotions behind your words but find that not everyone actually gets what you’re trying to say? Why do people interpret emojis differently? On this episode of Today I Learned, linguistic student, Grace Tan, presents these questions to us. So we dive into the world of emojis to find out how they’ve evolved as a language and whether the miscommunications are worth the fun.
Image Credit: Domingo Alvarez E, Unsplash
Presenter: Lim Sue Ann
Producer: Sudais Ferhard
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