After writing with a combination of
emojis and text, I feel that I was able to write a meaningful reflection and
carry the ideas of philosophy regarding language. I chose to write my passage
with a mixture of standard English and emojis, which is the way I would use
language and emojis to talk to my friends over text, email, or Facebook. The use of emojis helped me to display
emotions or physical objects without having to use words to describe them. Instead
of using the words “computer” and “iPhone,” I could easily just insert the emoji
for a computer and iPhone. As I wrote, I just added emojis whenever I felt like
they would help further convey my point. I didn’t feel as if I needed to sacrifice
any crucial language when using emojis. That being said, I had some difficulty
deciding what the appropriate placement of punctuation would be in relation to
the emojis. Should emojis be treated like words? Or is punctuation unnecessary?
I was able to communicate efficiently during emojis, but I did feel as if my
language was not as legitimate with the use of emojis. Some of my ethos could
be taken away because the reader would see my language—and therefore, me—as
childish. Without Standard English, communicating in just emojis would have
been nearly impossible. Emojis can help make Standard English clearer, but if
one were to take the emojis out of my passage, not a lot would be lost due to the fact that the Standard English is the main carrier of the message.
I did emoji's too! But anyways, I think it really worked into your post. I understood the point you were trying to make and I also understood how your emoji's fit in, well almost. It was strange "reading" the emoji's and trying to understand what you were trying to say. But I feel that it was well written. Even though if this was a legitimate language, I'd def agree with you that it would be nearly impossible. But overall great job!
ReplyDeleteI thought your post was very interesting. It really kept me interested, maybe it was because I really wanted to see what emoji you would use next, I don't really know. I think your analysis was extremely thorough and very intruiging. I really loved that you considered the fact that you may be looked at as childish for using emojis in your post. I would have never thought of it that way if you didn't bring it up but I think you have a verry valid point. I also completely agree with you about the fact that using emojis makes Standard English clearer. Your ideas were already clear enough but by adding something visual, it makes it more defined. I really liked that. I also agree that if you took the emojis out, your message and ideas wouldn't change at all. they would still be clear. I think if you replaced words with the emoji itself and let your audience figure it out, they would be necessary though. However, I think it could end up being looked at as even more childish. It would leave the audience to pay more attention though, and as much as adults may say its childish, I think they would enjoy it, too. It gives them something to question and figure out on their own, keeping them interested.
ReplyDeleteAn interesting post, Nicole! I agree with Samiha and Karli. However, I appreciate your final sentiment: that language is meant to change with each generation. That idea of "meant to change" is intriguing to me--as if we compel it, as if it is designed to change. Good post!
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