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One does not simply process memes: Image macros as multimodal constructions KU Leuven
This paper presents a Cognitive Linguistic analysis of image macros, a subgenre of Internet memes. Internet memes encompass all kinds of online objects that are copied and imitated, altered and modified, propagated and diffused by participants on the web. Image macros are a specific example of such online content, consisting of text superimposed on an image. Whereas the image and discursive theme of image macros are typically fairly consistent ...
Introduction: Philology as linguistically informed cultural history KU Leuven University of Antwerp
Lexical Semantics KU Leuven
© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. The scope of linguistic lexical semantics is described from a theoretical and descriptive point of view: an overview of the main theoretical approaches that have succeeded each other in the history of lexical semantics (prestructuralist historical semantics, structuralist semantics, cognitive semantics) provides a framework for illustrating the various descriptive topics and models that were introduced ...