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Vyvyan Evans, The Conversation
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How a joke can help us unlock the mystery of meaning in language
We are only just starting to understand the linguistic tools that get stuff done, move us to tears, bore us to death, or make us dizzy with delight.
Vyvyan Evans, The Conversation
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Signs of our times: Why emoji can be even more powerful than words
The Oxford Dictionaries' word of the year is causing a bit of a stir – probably because it's not a word at all.
Vyvyan Evans, The Conversation
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Emojis have hit Hollywood – and thriller or rom-com, they’ll take it by storm
The ubiquitous smileys, winks and love hearts are about to make it out of the smart phones in our pockets and on to the silver screen.
Vyvyan Evans, The Conversation
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‘Be freed from what holds you back’: Poems by Buddhist women from the Murty Classical Library
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