Table 1 Function ranking of Emojis
From: Pragmatic functions of emoji in internet-based communication---a corpus-based study
Rank | Function | Number |
|---|---|---|
1 | Attitude/emotion signal | 630 |
2 | Turn taking/giving | 411 |
3 | Backchannel device | 378 |
4 | Attitude/emotion intensity enhancer | 339 |
5 | Illocutionary force modifier | 123 |
6 | Humor | 18 |
7 | Irony | 9 |