Super Pragmatics of (linguistic-)pictorial discourse

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ID21461995
AuthorsJulian J Schlöder (0000-0003-0948-2248, University of Connecticut), Daniel Altshuler (0000-0003-4017-8412, University of Oxford, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume46
Issue4
Pages693-746
Publication date2023-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLinguistics and Philosophy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0165-0157 • E-ISSN: 1573-0549
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s10988-022-09374-x
OpenAlexW4322767137
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited27

Recent advances in the Super Linguistics of pictures have laid the Super Semantic foundation for modelling the phenomena of narrative sequencing and co-reference in pictorial and mixed linguistic-pictorial discourses. We take up the question of how one arrives at the pragmatic interpretations of such discourses. In particular, we offer an analysis of: (i) the discourse composition problem : how to represent the joint meaning of a multi-picture discourse, (ii) observed differences in narrative sequencing in prima facie equivalent linguistic vs pictorial discourses, and (iii) the phenomenon of co-referencing across pictures. We extend Segmented Discourse Representation Theory to spell out a formal Super Pragmatics that applies to linguistic, pictorial and mixed discourses, while respecting the particular ‘genius’ of either medium and computing their distinctive pragmatic interpretations

Deixis · Epistemology · Linguistics · Narrative · Philosophy of language · Pragmatics · Prima facie · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Linguistics and Discourse Analysis · Philosophy

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