This panel is organized by Chaoqun Xie (Zhejiang International Studies University, China) and will be held as part of the 20th International Pragmatics Conference (IPrA2027) at the University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. Call for Papers: Recent developments in interpersonal pragmatics have reinforced the interactional and relational nature of politeness and impoliteness (Xie 2023). Correspondingly, a growing body of research has identified reciprocity as a fundamental principle underlying

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New deadline for ICDP-4 abstract submission: 12 September 2025.

ICDP-4 special panel organized by Pilar Blitvich Garces-Conejos and Michael Haugh

Abstract Large, colorful, and dynamic, GIFs are a staple of computer-mediated communication and have been hypothesized to perform similar discursive functions to other graphicons (e.g., emoticons, emo...

Abstract Emojis play a crucial role in facilitating face-work in online communication. While studies have examined the illocutionary effects of emojis on their co-text in online face management, it re...

Abstract Screenshots have become a ubiquitous form of visual communication in current digital discourse. Despite similarities to photographs, screenshots differ in the mechanical nature of their produ...

Abstract Research shows that emoji are not only used to express emotions but also to enhance the illocutionary force of messages or build social rapport (Pérez-Sabater 2019; Sampietro 2019; Alfano et ...

Abstract Emojis are mentioned in online child sexual grooming (OCSG) studies. However, research on such emojis in OCSG contexts is still in its infancy. In this investigation, we report the findings o...

Abstract This study delves into the use of graphicons, their frequency and their pragmatic functions in a corpus formed of 353,128 words/69,646 private texts on WhatsApp exchanged by adult users and t...