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Friday 5 March 2021 Language mutates. As society changes, neologisms sprout, new words become codified – app, selfie, meme, troll – and old ones die out. And the rise of new technologies also impacts our non-verbal communication. Linguistics professor Vyv Evans has suggested that some of our basic hand gestures, or “emblems”, will soon die out due to younger generations not understanding them: things like scribbling on your hand in a restaurant to signal for the bill, or making a winding motion to ask someone to put their car window down. Advertisement In July 2020, TikTok user Daniel Alvarado documented how his kids put their hands flat against their face to denote a phone call, instead of the traditional closed fist with outstretched thumb and pinky. Cue 2.6m views and an internet meltdown. ....
As communication about science and health increasingly moves online, new ways are emerging for people to participate in public dialogue about advances in science. One of these is the use of emojis – ‘picture characters’, from the Japanese ‘e’ (picture) and ‘moji’ (character). These have, in the last decade, become increasingly popular as a form of visual communication that indicates specific reactions and emotional responses. The popularity of the genre was highlighted in 2015 when the Oxford Dictionary chose the popular ‘face with tears of joy’ emoji as its ‘Word of the Year’. Linguistics professor Marcel Danesi argued that this choice signalled a world in which language and communication had moved beyond written or verbal alphabets. ....