One could say that a picture is worth a thousand words

College Composition and Communication, 1995

The essays in this collection discuss the "image" as both product and process. Representing such diverse disciplines as rhetoric, composition, clinical psychology, journalism, photography, communication, education, and sociology, the essays describe how images function and how they are linked with language and explore the role of images in shaping social issues.

In some languages, the pronoun one's is the first component. One's cards are on the (ableto reveal oneself, to reveal one's intention. One's sur is full-One's days are numbered-Does he have five days or not. One's hair stands on end-My hair stood on end; I had no energy left; I lost my memory. One's number is ur-His luck is gone; his period is over; his condition is broken. INTRODUCTION We give several examples of the use of the above structural-semantic types of materials. Protens: No, King Magnus, our cards are on the table. What have you said? You may not know it, Wassermann, but your days are numbered. (T. Dodd). The parson's hair fairly stood on end when the evil tune was heard raging through the church. The addition of the phrase "fairly" to the text increases the expressiveness of the phraseological combination. "Leave that place out-or your number's ur". "We know, our number's are ur, so let's get them quickly". Folk proverbs reflect the entire history of this nation, the way of life, that's why writers often refer to proverbs. Folk proverbs are an alternative methodical tool in making the language of an artistic work juicy and impressive. Figuratively speaking, if a ring is an ornament like an eyeglass, a proverb gives such power and vitality to the speaker's speech and the writer's image.

Cognitive Semiotics, 2024

This paper will evaluate the quantitative content analysis of visual rhetoric which has been put forward by George Rossolatos in the context of audiovisuality and marketing research. Rossolatos bases his taxonomy of visual rhetorical figures on Groupe µ's adaptation of classical rhetoric in Rhétorique génerale (1970). With the aim of creating a systematic model for marketing analysis, he and his collaborators have coded and classified an extensive number of audiovisual commercials from the top international strata of economically valuable brands. For comparison, I have during a period of four years given undergraduates the task of collecting and categorizing a minimum of ten audiovisual commercials, each of which should exemplify one of the figures referred to by Rossolatos. The outcomes of the task indicate that a random explorative study with a minimum of operationalization and training of coders is enough for obtaining results akin to those reported by Rossolatos. This may be regarded as a positive outcome from a pedagogical point of view, but it may also raise the suspicion that Rossolatos's criteria are merely intuitive. If the incidence of visual rhetorical figures is to be studied as an independent content variable of audiovisual enunciations, the values/figures should be described with greater caution.

2002

A photograph is an enigma that compels us to ask: “What, who or where, is it?”. In doing so, are we begging a visual question with words?

Narrative is the most vital element in literature for children, not only in the novel, but also in the modern picture book. Yet critical theory dealing with the narrative function of illustrations, as distinct from narrative elements in a text, is sadly lacking. It needs to be expanded if we, as adult readers of literature for children, want to understand the semantic structure of picture books. This paper will demonstrate the application of narrative theory to a seminal book in the genre, Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak. 1 Plot can be defined as the dynamic, sequential element in narrative literature. Insofar as character, or any other element in narrative, becomes dynamic, it is part of the plot. Spatial art, which presents its materials simultaneously, or in a random order, has no plot; but a succession of similar pictures can be arranged in a meaningful order (like Hogarth's "Rake's Progress") begins to have a plot because it begins to have a dynamic sequential existence. The images on a strip of motion-picture film are an extreme development of this plot-potential in spatial form.

Journalists and scientists seek to grasp reality and to understand it. Print journalists use the vehicle of the word; radio journalists do so too; TV journalists also rely on words, though their principal vehicle of communication is the picture, the image, as is that of moviemakers and of still photographers. But recently the importance and power of photography has been exaggerated. It's time to put things aright again.

International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, 2021

The long standing popular saying that a photo can replace thousand words or 'a' story of thousand words can however be read differently. A thorough cross-section of the above proverbial note can reveal the truth whether the thousand word story of a photo is static i.e. fixed or flexible otherwise. If the thousand word story of a photo is given in just a single text that may fulfill the objectivity of the proverb; but if it contains several texts the conclusion of any determinate objective referent may be problematic. Studies however may challenge the notion of a static or objective referent as the story of dominant subjectivities. A photo can reveal various 'sets' of thousand word stories as various subjectivities. Does a photo for ethnographic research therefore indicate fixed referent as the author wants it to establish or the referents are rather independent which readers express as their right to interpret? This article provides an insightful account that analyzes the structural juggernaut. An extensive Semiotic Communication study followed by a non-probabilistic survey mapping the audience has been applied as method of research. The survey content has been tallied with Semiotic Communication method where before data and after data have been analyzed comparatively.

2012