British and German Cartoons as Weapons in World War I: Invectives and Ideology of Political Cartoons. A Cognitive Linguistics Approach.(Book Review)

Publication: The Modern Language Review

Publication Date: 01-JUL-04

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British and German Cartoons as Weapons in World War I: Invectives and Ideology of Political Cartoons. A Cognitive Linguistics Approach. By WOLFGANG K. HUNIG. Frankfurt a.M.: Peter Lang. 2003. 242 pp. [pounds sterling]23. ISBN 3-631-50211-7 (pbk).

Punch and Simplicissimus, best known for their debunking of social behaviour, also included trenchant political cartoons, especially during the First World War. Wolfgang Hunig examines 325 examples to reveal parallels in invective against the enemy. Through the interplay of the sketches, the headings, and the captions, different patterns of humour, irony, and sarcasm emerge that either support or contradict prejudices and stereotypes. Using the methods of cognitive linguistics, Hunig focuses on the...

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