Daily Archives: December 8, 2015

Is ๐Ÿ˜‚ a word?

My latest article for The Week looks at emoji and emoticons โ€“ little icons of facial expressions and gestures and objects โ€“ and asks two important linguistic questions: Are they words? And if so, what kind of words are they?

Is an emoji a word? ยฏ\_(ใƒ„)_/ยฏ