表情符號(hào)會(huì)成為一種新的語言嗎,？（雙語）

奔跑的理想

　　The year 2015 could be called the year of the emoji. They have landed a teenage boy in a police cell and prompted Vladimir Putin’s wrath in Russia, and the loveable smiley faces are even set to come to life in their own Hollywood film. Emoji are now used in around half of every sentence on sites like Instagram, and Facebook looks set to introduce them alongside the famous “l(fā)ike” button as a way of expression your reaction to a post.
　　2015年可以被稱為表情符號(hào)年,，他們使一個(gè)少年進(jìn)了牢房，激怒了俄羅斯總統(tǒng)普京,，這些可愛的笑臉甚至在關(guān)于他們的好萊塢電影中活了過來�,，F(xiàn)在，在像Instagram這樣的社交網(wǎng)站上的表情符號(hào)大概每半句話中就會(huì)有他們的出現(xiàn),。Facebook 更是打算將表情符號(hào)加入“喜愛”列表來用于表達(dá)你對于一條狀態(tài)的反應(yīng),。

　　If you were to believe the headlines, this is just the tipping point: some outlets have claimed that emoji are an emerging language that could soon compete with English in global usage. To many, this would be an exciting evolution of the way we communicate; to others, it is linguistic Armageddon.
　　如果你同意這個(gè)標(biāo)題所說的話，這正是一個(gè)轉(zhuǎn)折點(diǎn)：已經(jīng)有人認(rèn)為表情符號(hào)是一種新興起的語言,，很快就快要比肩英語在全球的使用量了,。對大多數(shù)人來說，這將是一次令人激動(dòng)的交流方式的進(jìn)化；對于其他人來說,，這是語言學(xué)的末日

　　As a linguist concerned with visual communication, I have been interested to explore exactly what lies in these claims. Do emoji show the same characteristics of other communicative systems and actual languages? And what do they help us to express that words alone can’t say?
　　作為一個(gè)關(guān)注視覺交流的語言學(xué)家,，我一直想要找出到底是什么隱藏在這些說法后面。表情符號(hào)真的有著同別的交流系統(tǒng)和真實(shí)語言一樣的特點(diǎn)嗎,？他們到底幫助我們表達(dá)了什么單靠文字不能表達(dá)的意思呢,？

　　When emoji appear with text, they often supplement or enhance the writing. This is similar to gestures that appear along with speech. Over the past three decades, research has shown that our hands provide important information that often transcends and clarifies the message in speech. Emoji serve this function too – for instance, adding a kissy or winking face can disambiguate whether a statement is flirtatiously teasing or just plain mean.
　　當(dāng)表情符號(hào)在文本上出現(xiàn)的時(shí)候，他們一直是作為增加文字表現(xiàn)力的補(bǔ)充物,。這和演講中伴隨出現(xiàn)的手勢是相似的,。在過去的三十年中，調(diào)查顯示演講過程中我們的手總是能表達(dá)出超越語言信息本身的重要信息,，并讓我們所想表達(dá)的信息更清楚,。表情符號(hào)也有這樣的功能——例如，在文字中加一個(gè)吻或者一個(gè)眨眼睛的表情能消除歧義,，區(qū)分出一句話到底是輕佻的譏諷還是就只是平實(shí)的意思,。

　　This is a key point about language use: rarely is natural language ever limited to speech alone. When we are speaking, we constantly use gestures to illustrate what we mean. For this reason, linguists say that language is “multi-modal”. Writing takes away that extra non-verbal information, but emoji may allow us to re-incorporate it into our text.
　　這是一個(gè)語言使用的關(guān)鍵點(diǎn)：自然語言幾乎不被限制在口頭使用。當(dāng)我們在說話的時(shí)候,，會(huì)不斷地使用手勢來表達(dá)我們想說的意思,。因此，語言學(xué)家認(rèn)為語言是“多模態(tài)”的,。寫作帶走了額外的非口頭的信息,，但是表情符號(hào)也許能讓我們重新將這些信息融合到文本上。

　　Emoji are not always used as embellishments, however – sometimes, strings of the characters can themselves convey meaning in a longer sequence on their own. But to constitute their own language, they would need a key component: grammar.
　　然而,，表情符號(hào)并不是一味只被用做修飾的,，有時(shí)候成行的表情能夠以更長的序列靠他們自己傳達(dá)使用者的意思。但是要組成一個(gè)他們自己的語言,，必須要有一個(gè)關(guān)鍵的組成部分：語法,。

　　Nevertheless, some may argue that despite emoji’s current simplicity, this may be the groundwork for emerging complexity – that although emoji do not constitute a language at the present time, they could develop into one over time.
　　但是，有人認(rèn)為雖然現(xiàn)在表情符號(hào)用起來很簡單,，這卻可能會(huì)是他們以后復(fù)雜使用方法的基礎(chǔ)——雖然表情符號(hào)眼下還沒成為一門系統(tǒng)的語言,，但是他們一定能夠慢慢發(fā)展起來最后成為一門語言的。來源:BBC 新聞