
Beyond Words
Pragmatic approaches to visual discourses in digital interactions
Special issue of Internet Pragmatics 8:2 (2025)
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[Internet Pragmatics, 8:2] 2025. v, 213 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 12 September 2025
Published online on 12 September 2025
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Table of Contents
- Pragmatic approaches to visual discourses in digital interactionsAgnese Sampietro & Carmen Pérez-Sabater | pp. 141–151
- “Emojis are grown-up stuff”: Analysing graphical elements in digital relational contextsCarmen Pérez-Sabater | pp. 152–185
- Face-work on Chinese social media: Functional interactions between the Doge emoji and verbal textYanmin Wu & Yiqiong Zhang | pp. 186–213
- Kisses and peaches: A pragmatic perspective on how emojis are used by online child sexual groomersAndrea García-Montes | pp. 214–240
- Striking the balance between friendliness and professionality: Pragmatic uses and functions of emoji by Spanish MPs on Twitter/X biosCarmen Maíz-Arévalo | pp. 241–266
- “Dump her!”: Stancetaking in multimodal replies to ‘Am I the Asshole?’ Twitter postsElizabeth Marsden & Alba Milà-Garcia | pp. 267–294
- Lightening the mood with visual humor: The pragmatic functions of GIFsAshley R. Dainas | pp. 295–325
- “Should I text or should I shoot?”: Exploring the use and interpretation of screenshots in mobile instant messaging interactionsAgnese Sampietro | pp. 326–353
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