Table of contents
About the contributors xv
Multimodality and Cognitive Linguistics: Introduction 1
Part I. Cognitive Linguistics and multimodal metaphor
Cross-modal resonances in creative multimodal metaphors: Breaking out of conceptual prisons 13
Metaphor and symbol: Searching for one’s identity is looking for a home in animation film 27
Woven emotions: Visual representations of emotions in medieval English textiles 45
Approaching the utopia of a global brand: The relevance of image schemas as multimodal resources for the branding industry 61
Multimodal metaphors in political entertainment 79
Part II. Multimodality, Cognitive and Systemic Functional Linguistics
The visual representation of metaphor: A social semiotic approach 99
Visual metonymy in children’s picture books 115
The establishment of interpretative expectations in film 131
Multimodal digital storytelling: Integrating information, emotion and social cognition 147
Part III. Cognitive Linguistics and multimodal interaction
Intermedial cognitive semiotics: Some examples of multimodal cueing in virtual environments 167
Multimodality in conversational humor 181
Image schemas and mimetic schemas in cognitive linguistics and gesture studies 195
Index 211