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Our class was studying the use of emojis across different platforms and wanted to explore how stories using emojis could impact young readers. Here, we try to translate the story of Skyler into emoji, providing translations along the way. We replace words completely with emoji, represent phrases with a few emoji, and use additional emoji to make sense of the content, including punctuation. In this book, we explore the character of Skyler, who is a picky eater. But they learn to eat the nutritious food that is good for them. In the end, they even get a reward!
Publication Date
Spring 2024
Publisher
The Internet Language Course, Dr. Hilaria Cruz (Ling 590), Comparative Humanities Department, University of Louisville
City
Louisville, Kentucky
Keywords
internet language; emojis; children's books; linguistics
Disciplines
Children's and Young Adult Literature | Computational Linguistics | Linguistics
Recommended Citation
Sherman, Noah; Boone, Autumn; and Cruz, Hilaria, "Skyler's Lunch" (2024). LING 590/Internet Language. 1.
https://ir.library.louisville.edu/emojis/1
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