Iminyaka yobudala ye-emoji

Namuhla ngithumele ama-imeyili amahlanu, afakwe ku-Instagram, ngaphenya ku-Twitter, futhi ngathumela imiyalezo engaba yikhulu. Ngihlanganyele ngokomzimba kuphela nomuntu oyedwa, ngaphandle uma nawe ubala ophethe imali endaweni yokudla. Ukuxhumana kushintshe kakhulu eminyakeni eyishumi nje. Izingane namuhla zivele zithumele imiyalezo kubangani bazo esikhundleni sokuthi zishayele ezindlini zazo futhi zikhulume nabazali bazo kuqala, njengoba ngenza.

Ulimi olubhalwayo luthuthuke njengomphumela wokuxhumana okusebenziseka kalula kwe-elekthronikhi, okuholela ezinhlobonhlobo ezimangalisayo zemidiya engxoxweni, njengezithombe, ama-gif, kanye nama-emoji okubaluleke kakhulu. Ngaphandle kwezinsolo eziningi zokuthi ama-emoji ayimfashini yentsha, asetshenziswa yibo bonke ubudala. Yonke eminye imibhalo engiyithola kubazali bami iqukethe ukuqabula kwe-emoji noma ukumamatheka.

Kusukela ngo-2013 kuya ku-2015 cishe ama-emojis ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-10 athunyelwe ku-Twitter kuphela. Ungakwazi ukulandelela ukusetshenziswa kwe-emojis kuwebhusayithi I-Emoji Tracker, elandela ukuduma kwe-emoji ngayinye ku-Twitter ngesikhathi sangempela. Zidume kakhulu kuzo zonke ezinye izinhlobo zemidiya, ikakhulukazi i-Instagram, Facebook, kanye nemiyalezo esheshayo. Kukhona nokuhunyushwa kwe-"Moby Dick" kaHerman Melville kuma-emoji. Ibizwa ngokuthi “I-Emoji Dick; futhi ungathenga inguqulo yombala enokhava oqinile we-laser ngama- $200 nje. Siyabonga futhi iqukethe umbhalo wokuqala ophelele.

Ukusetshenziswa okuwubuwula kwama-emoji anjengalawa kwenze abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi ama-emoji awumsangano ozofiphala abe yi-nostalgia. Kodwa-ke, laba bagxeki nakanjani bazodumala ngoba ama-emoji azohlala lapha. Ama-Emoji aphenduke ukusabela okulula ekwandeni okusheshayo kokuxhumana okusekelwe kukhompyutha. Basiza esikhundleni sethoni nomuzwa okhona ukuxhumana ubuso nobuso lokho kulahleke ngesikrini.

Ulimi selokhu lwashintsha ngokwezingcindezi emphakathini. Esikhathini esedlule ikhono lokufunda nokubhala laligcinelwe abantu abaphakeme kuphela, okungenani kuze kube yilapho izincwadi sezikhiqizwa ngobuningi ngendlela efinyelelekayo. Njengoba ulwazi lokufunda nokubhala lwanda, ukuhleleka kolimi kwehla ekuxhumaneni ngokubhala nangokukhuluma.

Kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1700s, ukubhala kuye kwenziwa ngokusemthethweni futhi kwalungiswa ekuguqukeni kwamasiko, kanye nezithiyo zokuvela kwemithetho yezenhlalo. Ukuthuthuka okukhulu kwezobuchwepheshe kule minyaka eyishumi edlule kuholele ekuguquguqukeni kwamasiko okunomthelela (Ojima 2012.) Ukusebenza kahle kanye nokufinyeleleka kalula bekulokhu kubusa ubuchwepheshe. Ngakho-ke akumangazi ukuthi inkulumo ishintshele ku umlayezo osheshayo, i-imeyili kanye nezinkundla zokuxhumana.

Nokho kunenkinga ngokuxhumana okubhalwe phansi kuphela. UJunichi Azuma, uprofesa wezilimi e-Juntendo University School of Medicine, wabhala ukuhlaziywa ngokusetshenziswa kwezithonjana ekuxhumaneni ngo-2012. Azuma izakhi zolimi kuphela kuthiwa zidlulisela kuphela amaphesenti angu-5 wokuqukethwe kokuxhumana ubuso nobuso, kuyilapho ulwazi olungakhulumi lungaba ngamaphesenti angaba ngu-65 futhi izici ze-prosodic zingahlanganisa amaphesenti angu-30 wokuqukethwe," ( Azuma 2012).

Lapho ama-imeyili eqala ukuduma kakhulu, inkinga ekuhumusheni ukuxhumana yaba sobala. I-Wall Street Journal ibhale indaba emayelana nama-imeyili ayedingida ukungaqondi kahle kwe-imeyili, kanye nokuthi kungaholela kanjani kubantu abahilelekile ukuba bazizwe bedelelekile, bezitshiwe noma bengenakwazisa. Ngisho nanamuhla ngizithola ngisezinhlungwini ngenxa yamagama alungile nahloniphekile ngenkathi ngithumela ama-imeyili oprofesa nozakwethu.

Izifundo zibonisa ukuthi uma abantu befunda ngomlayezo banquma kuphela incazelo ehlosiwe 56% yesikhathi. Uma kuqhathaniswa no-73.1% wesikhathi sokuxhumana ubuso nobuso. Olimini olukhulunywayo maningi indawo yokubhuqa, izincazelo ezimbaxa-mbili, kanye nencazelo. Wonke amathuba athinta incazelo eqondile yamagama acatshangelwa okwesibili ngumfundi.

Ukukhululeka kokuxhumana nge-inthanethi kusindwa yingcindezi yokuqinisekisa ukuthi abantu bayakuqonda okushoyo. Ulimi oludingekayo ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukuze kuliwe nale nkinga. Ama-Emoji athuthukiswe njengomphumela. Azuma ithole umbono wokuthi i-emojis yethula umuzwa wokuthi ulimi oluku-inthanethi olufunwayo. Ama-Emoji avimbela ukuxhumana kwe-inthanethi ekubeni kube okusarobhothi ngempela, futhi okungenzeka kuholele olimini lomhlaba wonke oluzayo.

Ngo-2015 iqembu labacwaningi abavela IJožef Stefan Institute e-Slovenia yenze ukuhlaziya imizwa yama-emoji. Ukuhlaziya imizwa kuthinta imibono, imizwa, ukuhlaziya, izimo zengqondo, kanye nemizwa etholakala ngokufunda umbhalo. Kulolu vivinyo ababambiqhaza abangu-83 bahlaziye ama-tweets angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-1.6 ngama-emoji nangaphandle kwawo. Ama-tweets abengezilimi ezihlukene eziyi-13 futhi umhlanganyeli ngamunye ubeyisikhulumi somdabu ngolimi alufundayo. Abahlanganyeli balinganisele i-emoji ngayinye ngokusekelwe emizweni yayo (enhle, engathathi hlangothi, noma engalungile) futhi banquma incazelo engemuva kwabo.

Imiphumela iyimithelela enamandla yekusasa lolimi. Uma kuqhathaniswa nemizwa yama-tweets anama-emoji nangenawo, abacwaningi bathole ukuthi ukuba khona kwama-emoji kuholela ekubonakaleni okuhle kakhulu. Bathole ukuthi u-54% wama-tweets anama-emoji ahunyushwe ngokuthi ayakha, uma kuqhathaniswa no-36% wama-tweets angenawo ama-emoji. Ukwehlukaniswa okulinganayo kwemizwa ngaphakathi kwama-tweets ngaphandle kwama-emojis kusho ukuthi kunzima ukunquma imizwa ngaphandle komaka bemizwa.

Ngokumangalisayo ama-emoji aqukethe imizwa eyakhayo. Iningi le 751 emojis ihlaziywe ube nesimo semizwa esiluhlaza esiqinile, ikakhulukazi lezo ezisetshenziswa kakhulu. Eqinisweni, kuma-emoji angama-33 aziwa kakhulu, angama-27 abekwe kahle. Ucwaningo lukhombisa ukuthi ama-emoji asetshenziswa kakhulu ukuqinisekisa umfundi ukuthi inhloso beyinhle, kanye nokukhuthaza ukuxhumana ngokuzethemba nokuzwakalayo.

Ukusetshenziswa kwama-emoji kungaba nomthelela onamandla kukusasa lolimi. Inzuzo yama-emoji ububanzi benkulumo ekhulisiwe obuvumela ukuxhumana okubhaliwe kufinyelelwe. Ngaphandle kwama-emoji izikhala olimini zivame ukugcwaliswa ngolwazi umfundi analo ngombhali. Izelamani noma umngane oseduze uzokwazi ukuthola incazelo ehlosiwe ngaphandle kwemikhondo ye-emoji yomongo.

Nokho, njengoba kuqala inkathi yobuchwepheshe nokuxhumana nge-inthanethi, ukuxhumana ngokuvamile kuba phakathi kwabantu abangabazi abangase bahlukaniswe amabanga amade. Ama-Emoji avumela umfundi ukuthi aqonde incazelo ehlosiwe ngaphandle kokuba nokuxhumana komuntu siqu nomuntu axhumana naye.

The ukutadisha eSlovenia futhi bathole ukuthi imizwa yama-emojis izimele olimini. Kulimi ngalunye kwezingu-13 eziphenyiwe, ama-emoji ayezimisele ngokuba nomuzwa ofanayo. Lokhu kubonisa ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwama-emoji kungase kube usizo ekuxhumaneni kwezilimi ezimbili njengomsizi, futhi kungase kuholele ohlotsheni lwamazwe ngamazwe lokuxhumana olusekelwe ezithombeni ezifana ne-emoji esikhathini esizayo.

Nokho, kunenkinga ecacile ngokusebenzisa i-emojis. UNawomi baron, uprofesa we-English and Linguistics e-American University, uthi “umphumela obaluleke kakhulu wokuthumela imiyalezo esheshayo olimini kuba…ukulawula abasebenzisi asebekhulile abanomuzwa wokuthi banawo kumanethiwekhi abo okuxhumana.” Inkinga ngokukhululeka kokuxhumana nezimo ezithinta imizwa nezibucayi nge-inthanethi, kuhlanganiswe nokulawula umuntu akwazi ukuxhumana naye ngekhompyutha uma eqhathaniswa nomuntu mathupha, kungaholela emphakathini wesikhathi esizayo owesabe ingxoxo yobuso nobuso. Ikakhulukazi uma isihloko singakhululekile noma sibucayi.