Linguistics les

• Eng
• Middelbare school

Language and .... emoji's?

How we use language!

What we will learn today:

1. We will understand social-media-language better :)

2. We will learn the difference between a homonym and homograph

3. We will make our own emoji!

Social media language?

Lol

Lmao

Emoji's?

Tekst

Look at your last social media message,
what emoji did you use?

Emoji means....

The emoji was invented in?

What problem did the emoji solve?

Can you read these messages?

How do you understand these messages?

Can you make your own message, using as much emoji's as you can?

Why are emoji's a great thing to use in social media?

Emoji's can show more than words.

But... Make sure the emoji's match your emotions/message 

We lack face-to-face communication when using social media.

The second reason why we sometimes don't get the message 

The second reason why we sometimes don't get the message 

Words can have 'relationships' we don't understand

Homograph

Same spelling / different meaning

Homonym

Same spelling/Pronunciation different meaning

Can you think of a homograph?

Words can be homophones: Sound the same but meaning and spelling are different.

Do you know any homophones? (Dutch/Eng)

Metonyms: Use of a different term to stand in for an object/concept (memes!)

Can you think of a metonym? (Dutch/ENG)

Homograph

Homophone

Emoji

Metonym

Can you give me a hand?

Buy - by

left - left

Ant aunt

1998

Board bored

Pictures without words

France beats Germany

What have you learned today?

Assignment

1. Write a Whatsapp message to a classmate using as many emoji's as you can. (Add translation in English!)

2. Draw your own emoji and "use it" in a sentence. Write in your notebook what word it replaces.