Keyword: «unicode»

Semantics and functioning of emojis in Japanese written text on the example of Twitter

Authors:

Tyiara Permyakova,

Anastasiya Kasyanova

The purpose of the article is to consider the semantics and functioning of emojis in tweets (quick messages) of Japanese users of the social network Twitter. When analyzing the material, the method of sentiment analysis, observation and systematization was used. Using these methods, emojis were divided into three groups by semantics and five groups by functioning.

Keywords: nonverbal communication, emoji, sentiment analysis, unicode, emoticon, kaomoji, memoji, animoji, social network «twitter»