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Linguistics And The Study Of Comics , Frank Bramlett
Linguistics And The Study Of Comics , Frank Bramlett
Faculty Books and Monographs
Editor: Frank Bramlett, UNO faculty member.
Chapter 8: Linguistic Codes and Character Identity in Afro Samurai, authored by Frank Bramlett.
Do Irish superheroes actually sound Irish? Why are Gary Larson's Far Side cartoons funny? How do political cartoonists in India, Turkey, and the US get their point across? What is the impact of English on comics written in other languages? These questions and many more are answered in this volume, which brings together the two fields of comics research and linguistics to produce groundbreaking scholarship. With an international cast of contributors, the book offers novel insights into the role …