Motivated Meaning

Language, Discourse, and Multimodality

Contributions by Bożena Duda Contributions by Ewa Konieczna Contributions by Marcin Kudła Contributions by Marek Kuźniak Contributions by Maciej Litwin Contributions by Agnieszka Poznańska Edited by Grzegorz Drożdż Edited by Marcin Grygiel Edited by Michał Szawerna

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Language & Linguistics

Series: Fields of Linguistics - Aktuelle Fragestellungen und Herausforderungen

Language: English

Hardback (Forthcoming)

(December 2026)

ISBN: 9783847120674

Price: $57.00

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Synopsis
Contributing Authors

How meaning is motivated across language, discourse, and multimodality

This volume offers an accessible yet theoretically grounded account of motivated meaning. Bringing together studies of language, discourse, translation, signed languages, comics, advertising, and protest communication, it shows how meaning is shaped by bodily experience, cognitive patterns, cultural knowledge, and communicative needs. The contributors argue that motivation is not a marginal exception to arbitrariness, but a central force in human meaning-making.

Contributions by Bożena Duda
Contributions by Ewa Konieczna
Contributions by Marcin Kudła
Contributions by Marek Kuźniak
Contributions by Maciej Litwin
Contributions by Agnieszka Poznańska
Edited by Grzegorz Drożdż
Edited by Marcin Grygiel
Edited by Michał Szawerna

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