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44A semantics of face emoji in discourseLinguistics and Philosophy 46 (4): 905-957. 2023.This paper presents an analysis of face emoji (disc-shaped pictograms with stylized facial expressions) that accompany written text. We propose that there is a use of face emoji in which they comment on a target proposition expressed by the accompanying text, as opposed to making an independent contribution to discourse. Focusing on positively valenced and negatively valenced emoji (which we gloss as _happy_ and _unhappy_, respectively), we argue that the emoji comment on how the target proposit…Read more
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45Pointing to communicate: the discourse function and semantics of rich demonstrationLinguistics and Philosophy 46 (4): 839-870. 2023.Deictic (or pointing) gestures are traditionally known to have a simple function: to supply something as the referent of a demonstrative linguistic expression. I argue that deixis can have a more complex function. A deictic gesture can be used to _say something_ in conversation and can thereby become a full discourse move in its own right. To capture this phenomenon, which I call _rich demonstration_, I present an update semantics on which deictic gestures can indicate situations from a conversa…Read more
University of California, Los Angeles
PhD, 2022
Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Language |
Formal Semantics |
Pragmatics |
Areas of Interest
Discourse |
Semantics-Pragmatics Distinction |
Speech Acts |
Political Authority |