A multimodal cognitive analysis of visual metonymies in picture books featuring same-sex-parent families

IF 0.6 4区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
A. J. Moya-Guijarro, B. Cordero
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Abstract

Abstract Verbal metaphor and also metonymy have been theorized from a conceptual perspective since Lakoff and Johnson published Metaphors we live by in the 1980s. However, the final years of the twentieth century saw a new approach into non-verbal monomodal or multimodal tropes (Forceville & Urios-Aparisi, 2009). In an attempt to expand upon the theorization and communicative functions of visual metonymies, this study aims to explore the meaning potential of metonymic representations of characters in a sample of six picture books which portray same-sex-parent families. A multimodal cognitive approach has been adopted to find out whether, and if so how, metonymic representations of characters contribute to the positive portrayal and acceptance of same-sex-parent families in children’s picture books. The results reveal that monomodal visual metonymies are essentially used to introduce new characters in the story and highlight important aspects of the plot which boost the acceptance of non-traditional families.
同性家庭绘本视觉转喻的多模态认知分析
摘要自20世纪80年代Lakoff和Johnson发表《我们赖以生存的隐喻》以来,语言隐喻和转喻从概念的角度进行了理论化。然而,20世纪的最后几年出现了一种研究非语言单模态或多模态修辞的新方法(Forceville & Urios-Aparisi, 2009)。为了进一步拓展视觉转喻的理论化和交际功能,本研究以六本描绘同性父母家庭的绘本为样本,探讨转喻对人物的意义潜力。本文采用多模态认知方法来研究儿童图画书中角色的转喻是否有助于对同性父母家庭的正面描绘和接受,如果有的话,又是如何促成的。结果表明,单模视觉转喻主要用于在故事中引入新角色,突出情节的重要方面,从而提高非传统家庭的接受度。
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