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In Cognitive Grammar and Cognitive Linguistics, the notion of construal and construal operations refers to the fact that situations can be conceptualized and portrayed in multiple ways and from a variety of perspectives (Langacker 1987, 2008; Croft & Cruse 2004; Verhagen 2007). Importantly, this analytical apparatus is not confined to language but also captures multimodal processes of dynamic meaning construal (e.g. Herman 2009). In our paper we will analyse the...In Cognitive Grammar and Cognitive Linguistics, the notion of construal and construal operations refers to the fact that situations can be conceptualized and portrayed in multiple ways and from a variety of perspectives (Langacker 1987, 2008; Croft & Cruse 2004; Verhagen 2007). Importantly, this analytical apparatus is not confined to language but also captures multimodal processes of dynamic meaning construal (e.g. Herman 2009). In our paper we will analyse the dynamic interactions of construal operations that are involved in the complex ways meaning is constructed multimodally in Alison Bechdel’s 2006 graphic novel Fun Home. Specifically, we will use the concepts of ‘profiling’, ‘viewing arrangement’ and the ‘current discourse space’ model developed by Ronald Langacker (e.g. 1987; 2001; 2008) to analyse the novel’s complex interplay of the textual, intertextual and graphic dimensions. Its use of Gothic elements (Schneider 2010) in particular thematises multi-layered construal and multi-faceted representation. » weiterlesen» einklappen

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