Fang Xie
List of John Benjamins publications in which Fang Xie is involved.
Article
2025 “This looks so good 😭”: Emoji functions in compliments on TikTok and DouYin Internet Pragmatics: Online-First Articles | Article
While emojis have been widely studied in digital discourse, their role in specific speech acts like compliments remains understudied. This study examines 1,000 emoji-containing compliments from TikTok (English) and DouYin (Chinese), aiming to classify emoji pragmatic functions and usage patterns. read more