Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-265) and index.
Contents:
A new language emerges -- A brief history of innovations -- Communication units, morphology, and syntax -- Emerging semantics. A. Semantics of tight integration. B. Semantics of visual metaphors. C. Diagram semantics. D. Semantics of cartooning. E. Semantics of space, line, and composition. F. Semantics of time -- Functional semantics of content -- Functional semantics of rhetoric -- Pragmatics of visual language. A. Social context and principal applications. B. Multifaceted reading process. C. Design and effectiveness -- Conclusions and challenges.
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