Linguistics and the Study of Comics 2012 Edition Contributor(s): Bramlett, Frank (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0230362826 ISBN-13: 9780230362826 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Pragmatics - Literary Criticism | Comics & Graphic Novels |
Dewey: 741.59 |
LCCN: 2012009554 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.6" W x 8.5" (1.30 lbs) 310 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Do Irish superheroes actually sound Irish? Why are Gary Larson's Far Side cartoons funny? How do political cartoonists in India, Turkey, and the US get their point across? What is the impact of English on comics written in other languages? These questions and many more are answered in this volume, which brings together the two fields of comics research and linguistics to produce groundbreaking scholarship. With an international cast of contributors, the book offers novel insights into the role of language in comics, graphic novels, and single-panel cartoons, analyzing the intersections between the visual and the verbal. Contributions examine the relationship between cognitive linguistics and visual elements as well as interrogate the controversial claim about the status of comics as a language. The book argues that comics tell us a great deal about the sociocultural realities of language, exploring what code switching, language contact, dialect, and linguistic variation can tell us about identity - from the imagined and stereotyped to the political and real. |