Browsing Department of Linguistics, Literary and Aestetic Studies by Subject "youth"
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Hand Signs for Lip-syncing: The Emergence of a Gestural Language on Musical.ly as a Video-Based Equivalent to Emoji
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-10-24)Video-based communication is increasingly common online. This article looks at the hand signs that are used in lip-syncing videos on the app musical.ly and argues that they constitute a codified, non-verbal language of ...