Metaphoricity Of Conventionalized Diegetic Images In Comics: A Study In Multimodal Cognitive Linguistics.

Metaphoricity of Conventionalized Diegetic Images in Comics This book offers a cognitive-semiotic approach to metaphoricity of visual representations in static visual narratives referred to as comics. It implements this approach in an exploration of conventionalized visual signs depicting diegetic situations, motion events, sound events, and diverse psychological experiences in such narratives. With his focus on the intersection of comics studies, conceptual metaphor theory, and Charles Sanders Peirce’s theory of signs, the author analyzes a broad array of attested data retrieved from comics exemplifying various publication formats, generic ISBN 978-3-631-67521-2      conventions, and cultural traditions. His exploration situates the metaphoricity of the analyzed visual signs against the backdrop of their overall semiotic makeup and in relation to the metaphoricity of their linguistic counterparts. The Author Michał Szawerna is Assistant Professor at the Institute of English Studies, University of Wrocław. His research interests include visual signification, cognitive linguistics, and Peirce’s sign theory. Michał Szawerna Michał Szawerna 54 Metaphoricity of Conventionalized Diegetic Images in Comics ŁÓDZ ´ Studies in L anguage 54 ŁÓDZ ´ Studies in L anguage 54 Michał Szawerna Metaphoricity of Conventionalized Diegetic Images in Comics A Study in Multimodal Cognitive Linguistics Metaphoricity of Conventionalized Diegetic Images in Comics This book offers a cognitive-semiotic approach to metaphoricity of visual representations in static visual narratives referred to as comics. It implements this approach in an exploration of conventionalized visual signs depicting diegetic situations, motion events, sound events, and diverse psychological experiences in such narratives. With his focus on the intersection of comics studies, conceptual metaphor theory, and Charles Sanders Peirce’s theory of signs, the author analyzes a broad array of attested data retrieved from comics exemplifying various publication formats, generic ╇╇╇╇╇ conventions, and cultural traditions. His exploration situates the metaphoricity of the analyzed visual signs against the backdrop of their overall semiotic makeup and in relation to the metaphoricity of their linguistic counterparts. The Author Michał Szawerna is Assistant Professor at the Institute of English Studies, University of Wrocław. His research interests include visual signification, cognitive linguistics, and Peirce’s sign theory. Michał Szawerna Michał Szawerna 54 Metaphoricity of Conventionalized Diegetic Images in Comics ŁÓDZ ´ Studies in L anguage 54 ŁÓDZ ´ Studies in L anguage 54 Michał Szawerna Metaphoricity of Conventionalized Diegetic Images in Comics A Study in Multimodal Cognitive Linguistics Metaphoricity of Conventionalized Diegetic Images in Comics ŁÓDŹ STUDIES IN LANGUAGE Edited by Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk and Łukasz Bogucki Editorial Board Piotr Cap (University of Łódź, Poland) Jorge Díaz-Cintas (University College, London, England) Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kołaczyk (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland) Wolfgang Lörscher (Universität Leipzig, Germany) Anthony McEnery (Lancaster University, England) John Newman (University of Alberta, Canada) Hans Sauer (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany) Piotr Stalmaszczyk (University of Łódź, Poland) Elżbieta Tabakowska (Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland) Marcel Thelen (Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, Maastricht, The Netherlands) Gideon Toury † (Tel Aviv University, Israel) VOLUME 54 Michał Szawerna Metaphoricity of Conventionalized Diegetic Images in Comics A Study in Multimoda