Journal | JoLMA
Monographic journal issue | 2 | 1 | 2021
Research Article | Wittgenstein’s Bridge
Wittgenstein’s Bridge
A Linguistic Account of Visual Representation
Abstract
This paper uses structure-mapping to bridge the divide between the analytical and visual culture traditions of image interpretation. Wittgenstein’s analytic ‘picture theory of meaning’ from his early period, and his cultural theory of ‘meaning as use’ from his later period are used to show that the terms similarity, analogy and metaphor can be applied to both image and linguistic interpretation. As a result, by the mapping of similarity and analogy onto the analytic approach, and by the mapping of metaphor onto the visual culture approach, a common linguistic ground for the comparison of these two approaches to image interpretation can be established.
Submitted: Feb. 10, 2021 | Accepted: April 26, 2021 | Published June 30, 2021 | Language: en
Keywords Representation • Metaphor • Mapping • Projection • Similarity • Explanation • Meaning • Description • Analogy • Structure
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Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/Jolma/2723-9640/2021/01/010
