Table of Contents
Introduction
Frank Bramlett Chapter 1
Image Schemas and Conceptual Metaphor in Action Comics Elisabeth Potsch and Robert F. Williams Chapter 2
Creating Humor in Gary Larson's Far Side Cartoons Using Interpersonal and Textual Metafunctions Richard Watson Todd Chapter 3
Metaphors and Topoi of H1N1 (Swine Flu) Political Cartoons: A Cross-cultural Analysis Jill Hallett and Richard W. Hallett Chapter 4
Comics, Linguistics, and Visual Language: The Past and Future of a Field Neil Cohn Chapter 5
Constructing Meaning: Verbalizing the Unspeakable in Turkish Political Cartoons Veronika Tzankova & Thecla Schiphorst Chapter 6
Plurilingualism in Francophone Comics Miriam Ben-Rafael and Eliezer Ben-Rafael |
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To and Fro Dutch Dutch: Diachronic Language Variation in Flemish Comics Gert Meesters Chapter 8
Linguistic Codes and Character Identity in Afro Samurai Frank Bramlett Chapter 9
Pocho Politics: Language, Identity, and Discourse in Lalo Alcaraz's La Cucaracha Carla Breidenbach Chapter 10
The Use of English in the Swedish-Language Comic Strip Rocky Kristy Beers Fägersten Chapter 11
'Ah, laddie, did ye really think I'd let a foine broth of a boy such as yourself get splattered...?' -- Representations of Irish English Speech in the Marvel Universe Shane Walshe Conclusion
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