Speaking in Pictures
Autor Neil Cohnen Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 feb 2026
For over 20 years, Neil Cohn has pioneered research around these questions within the fields of linguistics and cognitive neuroscience, and this book is the result, heralding a new paradigm of language, drawing, and communication, all accessibly presented as a non-fiction graphic novel. This work challenges the conventional understandings of how pictures communicate, how people learn to draw, and the nature of language itself.
With humor and a clear, friendly, and accessible tone, Speaking in Pictures introduces ground-breaking research by doing what it discusses: intertwining pictures and words into a single message as a non-fiction graphic novel, taking the reader on an inspiring journey through the study of communication and the mind.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781350402164
ISBN-10: 1350402168
Pagini: 328
Dimensiuni: 188 x 244 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: BLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1350402168
Pagini: 328
Dimensiuni: 188 x 244 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: BLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Cuprins
Prologue
Acknowledgements
1. What is Visual Language?
2. The Packaging of Thought
3. Getting a Handle on Meanings
4. Drawing Sounds
5. Visual Vernacular
6. Growing a Language
7. Meaningful Attachments
8. Frontiers of Mental Space
9. From Strings to Trees
10. Drawn Across Space and Time
11. The Drawing Instinct
Endnotes
References
Index
Acknowledgements
1. What is Visual Language?
2. The Packaging of Thought
3. Getting a Handle on Meanings
4. Drawing Sounds
5. Visual Vernacular
6. Growing a Language
7. Meaningful Attachments
8. Frontiers of Mental Space
9. From Strings to Trees
10. Drawn Across Space and Time
11. The Drawing Instinct
Endnotes
References
Index
Recenzii
Understanding Comics by artist McCloud now has an even more ambitious scholarly competitor. In Speaking in Pictures Cohn pushes his claim that visuals are languages to the limit. No theorist of visual communication, multimodality, and cognition can afford to ignore the challenging ideas in this ingenious, intelligent, and experiment-supported monograph
A visually stunning tour de force that redefines what we mean by language itself - essential reading for linguists, cognitive scientists, and anyone fascinated by language and comics.
Cartoonists often say that "comics is a language." Neil Cohn brings rigor and clarity to this notion, arguing that comics are more precisely an instance of visual language whose rules function the same way as spoken or signed language. I can't wait to see how cartoonists incorporate Cohn's insights into their work in the future.
Though I've been creating and editing comics for decades, every time I read Neil Cohn's insights into the comics medium, I gain valuable new knowledge. His latest work, "Speaking in Pictures," is clear and comprehensive. Reading it will be time well spent for anyone who loves comics
This is a book of immense scope, in which Cohn takes the reader on a whirlwind tour of Peircean semiotics, sensory perception, Gestalt psychology, conceptual metaphor theory, blending theory, construction grammar, empirical neuro-cognition, and theories of grammar, all leading to his own particular take on multimodality and the essential position of a visual graphic mode within that. Although written in comicbook form and also, in part, concerning comics, this is no simple 'update' of McCloud. It is instead a major contribution to the theory of multimodality and visual language, relevant for students and advanced researchers alike. Just like the subtly growing audience depicted by Cohn as his lectures gather pace, this book can similarly be expected to broaden awareness and interest in multimodality across the board. A veritable tour de force.
Speaking With Pictures pushes boundaries of how we disseminate scientific content in unprecedented ways. Cohn's innovative use of the comic format to illustrate theory and research is truly unique. The format allows him to illustrate complex arguments as they are being made. It is a must read for cognitive scientists interested in the psychology of visual languages and anyone who loves comics.
I've read a ton of comics-and a small handful of prose books about teaching and studying comics in a classroom-but Neil Cohn's Speaking in Pictures, a comic about teaching and studying comics in a classroom is a unique work, one that uses the author's personal experiences in teaching and researching linguistics to dissect how comics work. In its investigation of comics, language, learning, and drawing, Speaking in Pictures leverages the comics medium's extraordinary ability to make complex concepts accessible and comprehensible to craft a work that's as thought-provoking as it is enjoyable to read.
A visually stunning tour de force that redefines what we mean by language itself - essential reading for linguists, cognitive scientists, and anyone fascinated by language and comics.
Cartoonists often say that "comics is a language." Neil Cohn brings rigor and clarity to this notion, arguing that comics are more precisely an instance of visual language whose rules function the same way as spoken or signed language. I can't wait to see how cartoonists incorporate Cohn's insights into their work in the future.
Though I've been creating and editing comics for decades, every time I read Neil Cohn's insights into the comics medium, I gain valuable new knowledge. His latest work, "Speaking in Pictures," is clear and comprehensive. Reading it will be time well spent for anyone who loves comics
This is a book of immense scope, in which Cohn takes the reader on a whirlwind tour of Peircean semiotics, sensory perception, Gestalt psychology, conceptual metaphor theory, blending theory, construction grammar, empirical neuro-cognition, and theories of grammar, all leading to his own particular take on multimodality and the essential position of a visual graphic mode within that. Although written in comicbook form and also, in part, concerning comics, this is no simple 'update' of McCloud. It is instead a major contribution to the theory of multimodality and visual language, relevant for students and advanced researchers alike. Just like the subtly growing audience depicted by Cohn as his lectures gather pace, this book can similarly be expected to broaden awareness and interest in multimodality across the board. A veritable tour de force.
Speaking With Pictures pushes boundaries of how we disseminate scientific content in unprecedented ways. Cohn's innovative use of the comic format to illustrate theory and research is truly unique. The format allows him to illustrate complex arguments as they are being made. It is a must read for cognitive scientists interested in the psychology of visual languages and anyone who loves comics.
I've read a ton of comics-and a small handful of prose books about teaching and studying comics in a classroom-but Neil Cohn's Speaking in Pictures, a comic about teaching and studying comics in a classroom is a unique work, one that uses the author's personal experiences in teaching and researching linguistics to dissect how comics work. In its investigation of comics, language, learning, and drawing, Speaking in Pictures leverages the comics medium's extraordinary ability to make complex concepts accessible and comprehensible to craft a work that's as thought-provoking as it is enjoyable to read.