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دراسة دلالية ادراكية لرسوم كاريكاتير اجتماعية بمعزل عن شروحها
Author name:
طيبة اكرم يوسف ابراهيم
Supervisor name:
شذى كاظم مفتن السعدي | رنا حميد البحراني
General topic:
Foreign Languages
Specific topic:
English - Language
Degree:
Master
University:
University of Baghdad - College Of Education For Girls - Department Of English Language
Language:
English
University location:
Baghdad
First pages:
06T1184 - p.pdf
Abstract:
Visual messages have been used by human beings as a natural means for expressing themselves. For instance, in the prehistoric period and before the evolution of language, man produced myriad murals, rock inscriptions, and pictures (Pettersson, 1988, 141 - 142).Nowadays, photos and images also have a significant role in people’s life; especially with the vast advancement in mobiles and cameras technologies. The present study is thus concerned with the analysis of social detextualized caricatures to decipher thecontradiction between Gernsheim’s statement in that image language is universal and Fairclough’s (1992) in that images can be a source of ambiguity and creativity.Accordingly, the study aims at : First, identifying the non - linguistic denotative key - signs that build up the denotative meaning of the selected caricatures; and Second examining the impact of the identified non - linguistic denotative key - signs on the generation of the denotative meaning. To fulfill the objectives of the study, the cognitive semantic model, Domain Analysis, by Ronald Langacker (1987) together with the concept of denotation by Ronald Barthes in his model entitled "Mythologies" (1957) will be used. The dataselected for the analysis is (5) caricature images that reflect some of the social issues in Iraq. The analysis will take two forms : qualitative and quantitative. The main conclusions that the study arrived at are : First, the denotative meaning was grasped by some of the students, who share the same cultural background or who belong to the same province or state. Second, images as words are ambiguous; they convey layers of meanings. Thus, it is not precise to say that images have a universal language all over the world. Third, the impact of the non - linguistic key - signs is similar to the linguistic ones; simply because they have the ability to generate layers of denotative meaning. Fourth, students need to learn and develop their visual literacy; especially when they are living in the era of image and digital.
