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TEXT AS GESTALT (ANALYSIS OF CARTOONS FROM «THE NEW YORKER» MAGAZINE)

TEXT AS GESTALT (ANALYSIS OF CARTOONS FROM «THE NEW YORKER» MAGAZINE)


Author:  O. A. Kustova

Abstract
Special attention is drawn to the linguocultural and cognitive analysis of cartoons from the American magazine «The New Yorker». The texts of the cartoons are regarded as gestalt, in other words holistic integrated structures.

Keywords:  gestalt cognitive structures, holistic, verbal/visual components, integral whole, national specifics

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