Professor of Linguistics, Bangor University
Professor Vyvyan Evans is an internationally renowned expert on language and communication. He received his PhD in Linguistics from Georgetown University, Washington DC., and has taught at the University of Sussex, Brighton University and Bangor University. He has published 14 books on language, meaning and mind, including The Emoji Code: The Linguistics Behind Smiley Faces and Scaredy Cats (2017), The Crucible of Language: How Language and Mind Create Meaning (2015), and The Language Myth: Why Language is Not an Instinct (2014). Evans is a much sought-after public speaker, and frequently provides expert opinion on language to the written and broadcast media. His writing has been featured in Aeon, The Guardian, The New York Post, CNN, Newsweek, New Scientist, and Psychology Today, among other publications.

Coronavirus emojis – conveying compassion and humour with a facemask
May 04, 2020 10:02 am UTC| Insights & Views
In digital communication, where visual information often conveys key ideas in memorable, pithy and fun ways, emoji is king. And as our world has changed due to COVID-19, new ways of deploying emojis have sprung up in...