Linguistics and the Study of Comics

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Synopsis

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.

Book details

Edition:
2012
Author:
Frank Bramlett
ISBN:
9781137004109
Related ISBNs:
9780230362826
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan UK, London
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2020-12-13
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2012
Copyright by:
Frank Bramlett 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Language Arts, Nonfiction, Science, Social Studies, Sociology