Speaking in Pictures: A Vision of Language

Author:   Dr Neil Cohn (Tilburg University, The Netherlands)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:  

9781350402164


Pages:   328
Publication Date:   19 February 2026
Format:   Paperback
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Speaking in Pictures: A Vision of Language


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Author:   Dr Neil Cohn (Tilburg University, The Netherlands)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 18.80cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.717kg
ISBN:  

9781350402164


ISBN 10:   1350402168
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   19 February 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained

Table of Contents

Prologue Acknowledgements 1. What is Visual Language? 2. The Packaging of Thought 3. Getting a Handle on Meanings 4. Drawing Sounds 5. Visual Vernacular 6. Growing a Language 7. Meaningful Attachments 8. Frontiers of Mental Space 9. From Strings to Trees 10. Drawn Across Space and Time 11. The Drawing Instinct Endnotes References Index

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Neil Cohn is Associate Professor of Communication and Cognition at Tilburg University, the Netherlands. He is the author of The Visual Language of Comics (2013), Who Understands Comics? (2020), and editor of The Visual Narrative Reader (2016).

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