The Visual Language of Comics: Introduction to the Structure and Cognition of Sequential Images
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Neil Cohn
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- File Size: 10.3 MB
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- Total Page Count: 240
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The Visual Language of Comics: Introduction to the Structure and Cognition of Sequential Images
The Visual Language of Comics by Neil Cohn is an academic study of comics, sequential images, and visual narrative. This digital PDF edition is available for instant download after purchase.
The book examines how visual narratives create meaning through structures comparable to language. It connects visual morphology, narrative grammar, cognition, and cross-cultural variation.
It is part of the Bloomsbury Advances in Semiotics series and includes bibliographical references and an index.
Book Overview
The Visual Language of Comics presents a theory of drawings and sequential images as a visual language. Neil Cohn applies concepts from linguistics and cognitive psychology to comics and other forms of visual narrative.
The study considers a visual lexicon, the structure of panels, multimodal constructions, narrative categories, constituent structure, and external compositional structure. It also discusses how the brain comprehends visual narratives.
A comparative section examines American Visual Language, Japanese Visual Language, and Central Australian Visual Language. The book is suited to readers of comics studies, semiotics, visual literacy, cognitive science, psycholinguistics, and visual communication.
What You’ll Discover Inside
- Definitions and structural principles of visual language.
- Visual morphology, lexical items, schemas, morphemes, and panel constructions.
- Narrative grammar, panel transitions, cognitive scripts, and constituent structure.
- Page layouts, external compositional structure, embedding, and the infinite canvas.
- Cognition, visual narratives, fluency, and the brain’s comprehension of sequential images.
- Comparisons of American, Japanese, and Central Australian visual languages.
Why This Book Matters
This book brings comics scholarship into conversation with linguistics and cognitive psychology. It offers a structured way to discuss how readers derive meaning from sequences of images.
Its cross-cultural scope addresses differences among visual languages and considers their graphic structures, narrative grammars, cultural roles, transmission, and language contact. The work is relevant to academic study of semiotics, visual literacy, communication, and cognition.
Book Details
| Title | The Visual Language of Comics: Introduction to the Structure and Cognition of Sequential Images |
|---|---|
| Author | Neil Cohn |
| Series | Bloomsbury Advances in Semiotics |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Publication Date | January 30, 2014 |
| First Published | 2013 |
| Language | English |
| ISBN-10 | 1441181458 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1441181459 |
| PDF ISBN-13 | 978-1-4411-7451-2 |
| Hardcover ISBN-13 | 978-1-4411-7054-5 |
| Paperback ISBN-13 | 978-1-4411-8145-9 |
| EPUB ISBN-13 | 978-1-4411-8324-8 |
| Format | |
| File Type | |
| File Size | 10.3 MB |
| File Size Bytes | 10814440 |
| Pages | 240 |
| Print Length | 240 pages |
| Dimensions | 6.15 x 0.55 x 9.15 inches |
| Customer Rating | 4.6 out of 5 stars |
| Review Count | 31 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #747,122 in Books; #115 in Semantics (Books); #119 in Literary Theory; #368 in Communications |
| Copyright | © Neil Cohn, 2013 |
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Verified Bibliographic Details
| Series Editor | Paul Bouissac |
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| Dedication | This book is dedicated to my best friend, John Pacheco |
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