Work

Shifted face emoji in indirect discourse: A mixed-quotational approach

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Face emoji standardly receive an author-oriented interpretation (Grosz et al., 2021). Moreover, Grosz et al. (2023) claimed that they normally cannot receive a shifted interpretation in indirect discourse (ID). In this paper, we present the results of a rating study showing that emoji can receive a shifted interpretation, i.e., from the matrix subject’s perspective, in ID utterances. Following a suggestion by Ebert and Hinterwimmer (2022), we advocate for an analysis of ID treating it as mixed quotation. Crucially, as we are dealing with multimodal data, we view quotation as an instance of demonstration (Clark and Gerrig, 1990).

Source: Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung

DOI: 10.18148/sub/2024.v29.1301

Authors: Walter, Sebastian, Hinterwimmer, Stefan

Language: English

Topic: Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

Subfield: Language and Linguistics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W7082628427

FWCI:

Cites:

Cited by:

Related to: