A Cognitive Linguistic Study of Visual Language as a Reflection of Culture: Violence Against Women in Iraq

Authors

  • Lamyaa Othman Hussien
  • Rana H. Al-Bahrani

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36231/coedw.v34i1.1651

Keywords:

caricature, cultural schema, religious schema, violence, women

Abstract

The present work is qualitative descriptive. It aims to examine the idiosyncratic schema when deciphering the selected violence-based panel from Nasser Ibrahim’s caricatures. The researchers accordingly adopted part of Sharifian’s (2011) Cultural Schema model, particularly that part that is concerned with the examining the micro/idiosyncratic level of understanding. The study has revealed that the participants have not only differed among themselves regarding the way a figure is being denotatively conceptualized, they also highlighted different exact conceptualizations for the same figure, such as: using various adjectives that reflect various levels of intensity, emphasizing the behavioral aspect or the appearance of the figure, adopting different patterns of thinking like: metaphoric, metronomic, generic, specific, comprehensive or linear. Besides, based on their various points of attention and cognitive schema, they varied in conceptualizing the type of violence being depicted in this image as: psychological, verbal, physical, domestic violence or as the combination of more than one type. Finally, knowing about cultural schema does not involve to exemplify them in one’s behavior. 

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Published

2023-03-29

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How to Cite

“A Cognitive Linguistic Study of Visual Language As a Reflection of Culture: Violence Against Women in Iraq”. Journal of the College of Education for Women, vol. 34, no. 1, Mar. 2023, pp. 10-32, https://doi.org/10.36231/coedw.v34i1.1651.

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