Bethany Aull
List of John Benjamins publications in which Bethany Aull is involved.
Articles
2019 A study of phatic emoji use in WhatsApp communication Internet Pragmatics 2:2, pp. 206–232 | Article
Mobile messaging is considered as a prominent site for phatic communication, where interpersonal connection is often foregrounded over information transaction. Though frequently overlooked, a large amount of this interpersonal work is done nonverbally through regular and meaningful emoji use.… read more
In spoken conversation, backchannels — responses like mhm, oh, wow — serve interpersonal and organizational roles, investing in rapport and helping order turns. Backchannels have also been found to arise in digital messaging. Additionally, in recent years, private messaging applications like… read more