Essays about: "visual linguistics"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 10 essays containing the words visual linguistics.

  1. 6. Neither Here Nor There, But Altogether Elsewhere : A Brief Study of Distance

    University essay from Konstfack/Grafisk design & illustration

    Author : Jonathan Chang; [2019]
    Keywords : distance; elsewhere; with; for; listening; brokenness; wake; wake up!; language; visual linguistics; visual grammar; making sense; active disposition; noise; framed encounters; here; there; poetry; partial attempts; information; companion readers; openness; emptiness; subaltern; unsettled; knowing; medium thinking; partial attempts; dialogue; reorientation; seeing; being;

    Abstract : Knowing is often framed by language; this moving arrangement of parts helps us make sense of our surround, rendering possible ways of relating, acting, and responding. Situated yet unsettled, the play of language enables us to mediate distances, to make sense of our frames while seeking other ways of being with and for. READ MORE

  3. 7. Saving Lives More Efficiently: A First Step in Designing a Visual Language : Creating and evaluating a visual language aimed at the medical field

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Jasmina Jahic; [2017]
    Keywords : visual language; symbol; icon; healthcare; linguistics; design; grammar; patient journal; visuellt språk; symbol; ikon; hälsovård; lingvistik; design; grammatik; patientjournal;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to create and evaluate a grammar for a visual language, which is to be used in the medical domain. The grammar was created with gestalt laws in mind. The grammar must also fit, in part, with the ontology of the clinical terminology SNOMED CT. READ MORE

  4. 8. Hard Muscle, Slim Body : A Systemic Functional Analysis of the Covers of Men’s and Women’s Fitness Magazines

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Pernilla Jansson; [2014]
    Keywords : multimodality; magazine covers; systemic functional linguistics; visual grammar; social semiotics; health and fitness;

    Abstract : Magazine covers are multimodal texts designed to draw the attention of potential readers. Health and fitness magazines, in particular, make up a large portion of the publishing industry, and previous research has pointed to their influence on readers’ perceptions of health and fitness. READ MORE

  5. 9. An Auteur Study of Kira Muratova Focusing on the Films Two in One and Melody for a Street Organ

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

    Author : Helena Tomasson; [2012]
    Keywords : Soviet cinema; post-modern cinema; semiotics; meaning; text; heteroglossia; film study; film analysis; Kira Muratova; auteur study; dialogism; violence; grotesque in film; Ukrainian cinema; Arts and Architecture; Cultural Sciences; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This thesis is dedicated to the cinema art of Kira Muratova with the focus on the theme of grotesque. Kira Muratova shot films of different genres; mixing styles, creating a new reality of cinema, mixing audio-visualization of people with animals, classical literature with slang, including photography and pornography, installation, performance, opera and ballet. READ MORE

  6. 10. A linking hypothesis connecting eye movements and linguistic processing

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kognitionsvetenskap

    Author : Juliane Steinberg; [2004]
    Keywords : Computer science; Gaze behaviour; Eye-tracking; Linguistics; numerical analysis; systems; control; Datalogi; numerisk analys; system; kontroll; Technology and Engineering; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Eye-tracking methodologies have been used extensively in spoken language research. However, no qualitative account of the relationship between language processing and gaze behavior has been given so far. READ MORE