The visual representation of metaphor: A social semiotic approach

Complementing cognitive theories which attribute the understanding of visual metaphors to situational and cultural contexts, this study adopts a social semiotic perspective to investigate how visual images themselves are constructed to cue conceptual metaphors. The visual realization of metaphors in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Feng, D., O'Halloran, Kay
Format: Journal Article
Published: John Benjamin Publishing 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22750