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Functions of Using Emoji in Japanese Sentences in Twitter

Authors
Via Luviana Dewanty1, *, Ghaida Farisya2
1Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia
2Universitas Garut, Garut, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: luvianadewanty@upi.edu
Corresponding Author
Via Luviana Dewanty
Available Online 30 December 2022.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-91-6_95How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Emoji; Japanese sentences; Social media; Twitter
ABSTRACT

Emoji comes from a Japanese word, literally meaning "image letter", which is a small digital image or pictorial symbol that represents something, feeling, or concept used in text messages and other electronic communications. This study aims to describe the role and function of emojis used by Japanese idols as Japanese-language Twitter users. This study relied on data sourced from Twitter accounts of Japanese idols who use Twitter to convey messages/news to fans, which amounted to 368 tweets, and which were posted within 1 month. 96 types of emoji were classified into 4 roles and functions: Pictograms (symbols that represent concrete objects), Ideograms (symbols that represent concepts or ideas about something), Emoticons (symbols that represent feelings), and Phatic expressions (expressions to establish or maintain contact between the communicator and the communicant). The analysis shows that the roles and functions ranking of emojis which were found include (1) Phatic expressions, (2) Emoticon, (3) Ideograms, and (3) Pictograms. The top 3 most frequent emojis were  (Glitter/Shiny),    (Praying Hands) and   (Fire). Through their messages, news, and daily activities, Japanese idols most often use emojis as an expression to establish/maintain contact between idols and their fans.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
30 December 2022
ISBN
10.2991/978-2-494069-91-6_95
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-91-6_95How to use a DOI?
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© 2022 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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