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1. 1. Ideology, Allegory, and Identity: : A Study of American Political Cartoons, 1770-1815

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

   Author : Fanny Vårenius; [2022]
   Keywords : National identity; Political cartoons; Allegorical representations; War of 1812; United States; War of independence; Visual narratives; Pictorial cultures; Caricatures; National stereotypes;

   Abstract : In 1776, war broke out in the Colonies of New England between British Subjects, colonists, and those emplyed by the crown to uphoald law and order across the Atlantic. The union that wuld emerge from the war would have to develop what the colnial powers they migrated from had been adding on for centuries: an understanding of national character. READ MORE

3. 2. Environmentalist Metaphors in Tales from Outer Suburbia : Supporting students' visual literacy skills by analysing Shaun Tan's pictures

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Author : Patricia Svensson; [2021]
   Keywords : pictorial metaphors; environmentalism; Shaun Tan; visual literacy; English language learning;

   Abstract : As the impact of pictures in everyday life and literature is increasing, so is the importance of visual literacy skills. This essay combines theories of visual literacy, pictorial metaphor, image analysis and environmentalism to analyse visual literacy in relation to how Shaun Tan’s pictures create metaphorical ideas related to the environment in Tales from Outer Suburbia. READ MORE

4. 3. On the Propositionality of Signs

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

   Author : Andreas Gustafsson; [2021]
   Keywords : philosophy of language; sign; icon; symbol; proposition; semantics; translatability;

   Abstract : There has been much philosophical debate about whether the meaning of pictures can be analysed using theoretical frameworks normally employed within philosophy of language. A specific question within this debate is the question of whether pictures can express propositions. READ MORE

5. 4. APPLICATION OF PROCESSABILITY THEORY TO SFI STUDENTS’ L2 WRITING COMPETENCIES

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

   Author : Reyhaneh Tajgardoun; [2020-01-22]
   Keywords : Swedish as a second language; language acquisition; L2 writing; morphology; processability theory;

   Abstract : Aim: The main purpose of this study is to study the written proficiency of SFI students at different morphological learning levels, and their ability to conjugate verbs, nouns, and adjectives using a wordless children book (frog-story). Theory: This study tries to link SFI levels of written proficiency to the levels of Pienemann hierarchy of language learning. READ MORE

6. 5. From Unisemiotic to Polysemiotic Narratives: Translating across semiotic systems

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Karoliina Louhema; [2018]
   Keywords : bodily mimesis; cognitive semiotics; co-speech gestures; embodied narratives; experientiality; iconicity; ideophones; intersemiotic translation; language; mimetic schema; multimodality; narratives; phenomenology; pictorial semiotics; pictures; polysemiotic communication; semiotics; semiotic systems; sensory modalities; signs; sound symbolism; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Human communication is both polysemiotic and multimodal; it is comprised of ensembles of representations from different semiotic systems in different sensory modalities. These semiotic systems, such as language, gestures, and pictures consist of signs and relations between signs, with system-specific affordances (Kendon, 2004; Zlatev, 2009; Sonesson, 2014). READ MORE