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Multimodality and Cognitive Linguistics

Introduction

Abstract

This volume includes 13 papers dealing with Multimodality and Cognitive Linguistics. The introduction provides an overview of three of the main approaches dealing with multimodality – Cognitive Linguistics and multimodal metaphors (Forceville & Urios-Aparisi, 2009), social semiotics and systemic functional linguistics, and multimodal interactional analysis (Jewitt, 2009, p. 29). The paper summarizes the contributions to the volume, highlighting the main objectives and conclusions of each of the papers.

Abstract

This volume includes 13 papers dealing with Multimodality and Cognitive Linguistics. The introduction provides an overview of three of the main approaches dealing with multimodality – Cognitive Linguistics and multimodal metaphors (Forceville & Urios-Aparisi, 2009), social semiotics and systemic functional linguistics, and multimodal interactional analysis (Jewitt, 2009, p. 29). The paper summarizes the contributions to the volume, highlighting the main objectives and conclusions of each of the papers.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. About the contributors vii
  4. Multimodality and Cognitive Linguistics 1
  5. Cognitive Linguistics and multimodal metaphor
  6. Cross-modal resonances in creative multimodal metaphors 13
  7. Metaphor and symbol 27
  8. Woven emotions 45
  9. Approaching the utopia of a global brand 61
  10. Multimodal metaphors in political entertainment 79
  11. Multimodality, Cognitive and Systemic Functional Linguistics
  12. The visual representation of metaphor 99
  13. Visual metonymy in children’s picture books 115
  14. The establishment of interpretative expectations in film 131
  15. Multimodal digital storytelling 147
  16. Cognitive Linguistics and multimodal interaction
  17. Intermedial cognitive semiotics 167
  18. Multimodality in Conversational Humor 181
  19. Image schemas and mimetic schemas in cognitive linguistics and gesture studies 195
  20. Index 211
Multimodality and Cognitive Linguistics
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Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. About the contributors vii
  4. Multimodality and Cognitive Linguistics 1
  5. Cognitive Linguistics and multimodal metaphor
  6. Cross-modal resonances in creative multimodal metaphors 13
  7. Metaphor and symbol 27
  8. Woven emotions 45
  9. Approaching the utopia of a global brand 61
  10. Multimodal metaphors in political entertainment 79
  11. Multimodality, Cognitive and Systemic Functional Linguistics
  12. The visual representation of metaphor 99
  13. Visual metonymy in children’s picture books 115
  14. The establishment of interpretative expectations in film 131
  15. Multimodal digital storytelling 147
  16. Cognitive Linguistics and multimodal interaction
  17. Intermedial cognitive semiotics 167
  18. Multimodality in Conversational Humor 181
  19. Image schemas and mimetic schemas in cognitive linguistics and gesture studies 195
  20. Index 211
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