The processing of emoji-word substitutions: A self-paced-reading study

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Highlights：

• Sentence comprehension does not suffer when emojis replace words.

• Emojis within sentences are processed like pictures.

• In special circumstances, emojis can activate an entire lexical entry, including phonological information.

摘要

•Sentence comprehension does not suffer when emojis replace words.•Emojis within sentences are processed like pictures.•In special circumstances, emojis can activate an entire lexical entry, including phonological information.

论文关键词：Emojis,Self-paced reading,Lexical ambiguity,Homonymy,Processing

论文评审过程：Received 4 June 2021, Revised 31 August 2021, Accepted 19 October 2021, Available online 25 October 2021, Version of Record 11 November 2021.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.107076