If You Use the Internet,you Are Probably Familiar with Emoticons

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If you use the internet,you are probably familiar with emoticons: facial expressions displayed using a combination of typographic figures,e.g.,:-) for a smile.Asian countries have their own set of emoticons; in these (which are viewed without having to turn one's head) ,there are different smiling facial figures for a man smiling (^_^) and a woman smiling (^ .^) ,since in Japan,women are not supposed to exhibit a wide,uninhibited smile.This difference between the men's and women's emoticons in Japan is due to a(n)

• A)emblem.
• B)display rule.
• C)affect blend.
• D)decoding difference.

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