Understanding Abstract Concepts across Modes in Multimodal Discourse: A Cognitive Linguistic Approach

by Elzbieta Gorska

This volume looks at spatialization of abstract concepts in verbo-pictorial aphorisms at work in the cartoons of a single artist. While extensive work has been done in studying spatialization of abstract concepts in grammar and lexicon within cognitive linguistics, this book is the first of its kind to provide a detailed account of such phenomena in multimodal discourse. The volume integrates a range of approaches from cognitive linguistics, including...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367244829
• ISBN13: 9780367244828
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"