%0 Journal Article
%T Meaningful Signs¡ªEmoticons
%A Li Ruan
%J Theory and Practice in Language Studies
%D 2011
%I 
%R 10.4304/tpls.1.1.91-94
%X As a complement of chat-room talks, emoticons are combinations of certain punctuations, numerals, keyboard characters and special symbols designed to convey an emotion, an appearance, an action, an object and even the tone of chatting. It is playing a unique role in the online communication.
%K emoticon
%K chatting language
%K sign
%K coined word
%U http://ojs.academypublisher.com/index.php/tpls/article/view/3763