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What is this?
It is a winky face.
Analysis: It is an emoticon, that is winking
What is it inferring: That there is a suggestive meaning to whatever sentence its added onto.
So one of the topics that was covered in Chapter 4 that I found interesting enough to blog about was inferring and/ or implying claims. In this chapter, the author covers how some people leave the conclusion unsaid in a sentence because the speaker means to imply something without actually saying the premise. One example of this situation constantly happening is through the above example, the winking emoticon. In our social media universe, winky icons can suggest a variety of things when added to sentences through texts, posts, comments, messages, and etc. Although it might be used by others as a means of expressing some other type of emotions, it is generally used to add an undertone of sexuality in text. Thus accordingly, "I wanna hang out :)" is seen as friendly as opposed to "I wanna hang out ;]" can suggest further sexual activity.
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