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Sentence 1 introduces the debate over whether emojis are/will be a genuine language. Option A provides a specific, recent linguistic-focused counterpoint (a large number of emojis, making a structured language unfeasible) that directly addresses the "language" claim, fitting the context of the passage's subsequent discussion of emojis not functioning as a full language. Option B focuses on learning emojis, not their linguistic status as a language. Option C discusses children's emoji use as practice, which is unrelated to the core debate of emojis being an independent language.

Answer:

A. Writing in 2019, Ian Bogost, a professor of media studies at the Georgia Institute of Technology, noted that "[a]s of last week, there are now 3,053 emoji, counting the 230 just approved for this year’s cohort. . . . This is too many emoji."