Words, Pictures, and Arguments: A Relevance-Theoretic Synthesis

Whether visual representation can function in arguments is a controversial issue. Those who claim they cannot, claim that only propositions may function thus and that as visuals cannot represent propositions, they cannot function in arguments. The current paper, invoking recent developments in Relev...

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Main Author: Gerald Delahunty
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Published: Prof Thomas Tinnefeld 2023-06-01
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description Whether visual representation can function in arguments is a controversial issue. Those who claim they cannot, claim that only propositions may function thus and that as visuals cannot represent propositions, they cannot function in arguments. The current paper, invoking recent developments in Relevance Theory, demonstrates that visuals, specifically photographs, can represent propositions and can therefore function as and in arguments. The paper demonstrates that visuals also communicate more than propositions in that they provide evidence for a range of ‘impressions’ that support a ‘credal attitude’ toward the document in which they occur.
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spelling doaj-art-f3c0eeeb4e6547bba2099bb766974f7a2025-02-03T10:41:41ZdeuProf Thomas TinnefeldJournal of Linguistics and Language Teaching2190-46772023-06-011411122Words, Pictures, and Arguments: A Relevance-Theoretic SynthesisGerald Delahunty0Colorado State University, USAWhether visual representation can function in arguments is a controversial issue. Those who claim they cannot, claim that only propositions may function thus and that as visuals cannot represent propositions, they cannot function in arguments. The current paper, invoking recent developments in Relevance Theory, demonstrates that visuals, specifically photographs, can represent propositions and can therefore function as and in arguments. The paper demonstrates that visuals also communicate more than propositions in that they provide evidence for a range of ‘impressions’ that support a ‘credal attitude’ toward the document in which they occur.https://linguisticsandlanguageteaching.blogspot.com/search/label/81%20Delahuntymultimodal discourseargumentrelevance theory
spellingShingle Gerald Delahunty
Words, Pictures, and Arguments: A Relevance-Theoretic Synthesis
Journal of Linguistics and Language Teaching
multimodal discourse
argument
relevance theory
title Words, Pictures, and Arguments: A Relevance-Theoretic Synthesis
title_full Words, Pictures, and Arguments: A Relevance-Theoretic Synthesis
title_fullStr Words, Pictures, and Arguments: A Relevance-Theoretic Synthesis
title_full_unstemmed Words, Pictures, and Arguments: A Relevance-Theoretic Synthesis
title_short Words, Pictures, and Arguments: A Relevance-Theoretic Synthesis
title_sort words pictures and arguments a relevance theoretic synthesis
topic multimodal discourse
argument
relevance theory
url https://linguisticsandlanguageteaching.blogspot.com/search/label/81%20Delahunty
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