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
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