Cool piece on the linguistics of lol. Why do people use lol so much? lol has undergone pragmaticalization, meaning over time it's evolved into a pragmatic marker that conveys a speaker's tone

What is the origin of the term 'lol'? Why do people use it instead

Mémoire de M1 : A French-English contrastive analysis of je dis

PDF) Gradience and gradualness of parentheticals. Drawing a line

Pragmatic Markers.

Why We Use “lol” So Much

PDF) Language: Its Origin and Ongoing Evolution

PDF) Interjections as pragmatic markers

Super Pragmatics of (linguistic-)pictorial discourse

is the use of existing or newly invented words to take the place of

An Oral History of LOL - Nerdist