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Discourse viewpoint as network
No full textThis paper argues that multiplicity of viewpoint is the norm in discourse, and is best studied in terms of networks of local viewpoints contributing to and supervised by a higher-level Discourse Viewpoint: rather than a hierarchical ‘list’, then, viewpoint in discourse involves networked configurations. Depending on the viewpoint network required for interpretation, one and the same linguistic form (even a lowly grammatical form such as a pronoun or a determiner) may carry a different meaning, and viewpoint functions emerge in a wide range of contexts, which necessitates study of a broad range of data, not just narratives. The examples discussed in this paper thus include, alongside narrative excerpts, quotes from film discourse, examples of a popular internet meme, and the a contemporary piece of video art, all of which evince multiple viewpoint configurations every bit as complex as in traditional narrative, requiring among other things compressions and zoom-outs to be established between discourse, belief and narrative spaces; defocusing and refocusing; and decompression of a discourse and its embodiment. In all cases, we propose that the different viewpoints are reconciled and understood at the level of the Discourse Viewpoint space, regulating and supervising the network.status: Publishe
Multimodal artefacts and the texture of viewpoint
No full textIn this introduction to the special issue on multimodal artefacts and the texture of viewpoint, we briefly survey different flavours of multimodality research in linguistics and communication studies, and situate this issue mostly in the field of study investigating discourse types involving various expressive modalities, such as sound, images and film, alongside language, though some consideration of embodied co-speech behaviour is also included. We identify our main aim as uncovering the potential of the theoretical tools of cognitive linguists, including frame metonymy, metaphorical blends, and image schemas, to explain viewpoint phenomena across a broad range of multimodal artefacts, and briefly illustrate ways in which this research programme aims to go beyond established analyses of multimodal metaphors and blends. In a final section, we discuss these central aims and questions in relation to the seven contributions which form the body of the special issue.</p
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Multimodal similes : toward a cognitive understanding of similative meaning
No full textThe dissertation offers a novel theoretical framework for the investigation of similative meaning. Drawing upon cognitive linguistic tools and concepts, the project challenges the longstanding assumptions that simile is a subtype or literal counterpart to metaphor, and that simile is a figure of speech inescapably tied to its verbal form (i.e. X is like Y). To expose the unique conceptual qualities of simile and to more rigorously define the properties of similative meaning, I examine multimodal artifacts that prompt a similative construal without conforming to traditional similative constructions. The project starts with the observation that similes in spoken and written use tend not to rely on the predicative (be like) forms but on other forms, like the appositive. Moreover, similes in discourse are commonly used to elicit sensory perceptions and embodied experiences (i.e. X looks like Y; X feels like Y respectively). Taking these attributes of simile as the starting point of my assessment, I suggest that simile differs from metaphor not only in terms of form but also in terms of meaning. Expanding on recent cognitive linguistic re-evaluations of simile, I further demonstrate that simile has its own unique set of similative mappings that are distinct from metaphorical ones. I then propose that a more robust method for the evaluation of simile should shift focus away from examining exclusively verbal similes to inspecting similes in multimodal contexts. I draw upon cognitive and rhetorical theories of embodiment to develop a cline of similative expression that serves as a guiding framework for the subsequent analyses of multimodal similes. The chapters’ case studies, which look at late night talk show monologues, internet memes, as well as artwork from recent political protests, show how similative meaning underlies the emergence of multimodal artifacts by coopting evocative images alongside linguistic forms that go beyond the standard use of the preposition like. Ultimately, the project contributes to the fields of cognitive linguistics, multimodal discourse analysis and rhetorical criticism by demonstrating the various ways in which similative meaning can emerge to inform our collective conceptualization of values, entities and ideas.Arts, Faculty ofEnglish, Department ofGraduat
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