Oral expression is one of the most common forms of expression.
From the Latin expressio , an expression is a declaration of something to make it understood . It can be a speech , a gesture or a body movement .
Expression allows feelings or ideas to be externalized: when the act of expressing transcends the intimacy of the subject, it becomes a message that the sender transmits to a receiver.
Forms of expression
There are different forms of expression according to the language used. The most common are oral expression (which is expressed through speech) and written expression (through writing ). Every time a person has a conversation with another, they are appealing to oral expression. Likewise, a common example of written expression is informational signs (such as printed advertisements) found in public streets.
Daily life also involves numerous situations of bodily expression (outward behavior, whether spontaneous or intentional) and facial expression (manifestation of emotions through the face). In the case of bodily expression, it may be an artistic manifestation, such as dance .
Other artistic expressions are literary ( literature ), which includes poetic expression , and theatrical (works that use stage language).
A demonstration
The idea of expression is also associated with demonstration . Gifts or presents are considered expressions of affection (the person who gives them conveys their affection to the person who receives them).
One can also speak of an expression of disgust or disagreement when someone expresses their rejection of a situation: "In a strong expression of rejection, thousands of protesters protested against the government 's measure."
Emoticons are used in expression through digital means.
Emoticons and facial expressions
An emoticon is a sequence of characters that serve to represent a human face and express a particular emotion . Since their creation , emoticons have been used for other purposes, and the creativity of many has considerably expanded the initial list of possibilities.
Emoticons associated with positive sensations are known as smileys (a term of English origin whose translation is close to "they smile"). For years, they have been used mainly in writing electronic messages , such as emails, SMS, posts and virtual conversations.
The term emoticon, whose plural is emoticons , is a neologism and was formed from the words emotion and icon . Regarding its history, the antiquity of the use of text characters to represent facial expressions is older than many believe: it was in 1857 that Morse code first adopted a number (73) to convey a message. this type (in this case, "love and kisses"). From that moment, there were various attempts to merge gestures and writing, until the first smiling face appeared in 1982.
Since their appearance in Internet communications, animated emoticons have emerged, as well as more realistic versions, which leave aside the use of text characters in favor of drawings and photographs.
As in any revolution, there are positions for and against, and today they are felt more than ever, given the invasion of technology in our daily lives . Some personalities from the world of letters express their dissatisfaction with the use of an emoticon to represent an emotion that could be described without any problem through one or more words. On the other hand, there are those who claim that these codes do nothing other than enrich our language.
Regardless of the displeasure that the use of emoticons in written communication may cause to many, the inclusion of the user's feelings in electronic messages arouses great interest in the technology giants, and there are various facial recognition techniques that help express almost naturally the mood and reactions through virtual messaging applications.