Culture on wheels: a social semiotic insight into Bangladeshi vehicles
This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English, 2023.
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10361-236252024-07-02T21:04:48Z Culture on wheels: a social semiotic insight into Bangladeshi vehicles Khan, Masuda Farhat, Nazah Department of English and Humanities, Brac University Linguistic analysis Multimodality Social semiotics Vehicular art Vehicular discourse Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) Modality (Linguistics) Semiotics--Social aspects This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English, 2023. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 41-42) Vehicular art is a phenomena found in many parts of the world. Like many South Asian nations, Bangladeshi vehicles too have phrases and drawings painted on them. In the capital of Dhaka, millions of commuters make their way daily in these expressive modes of transportation. Being incredibly visible in the public space, these vehicles provide a multimodal presentation wherever they go. This study uses Kress and van Leeuwen’s framework of Visual Grammar (2006) to make a social semiotic analysis of this phenomenon. The objective of this paper is to discuss the features and functions of the semiotic resources found in the writings and drawings on Bangladeshi vehicles, and with it to see what insights they provide into the linguistic, cultural, and social dimensions of Bangladeshi society. Moreover, since no previous research on the social semiotics of Bangladeshi transportations has been found while conducting this research, an attempt to address this gap in research is also made. Masuda Khan B.A. in English 2024-07-02T03:53:54Z 2024-07-02T03:53:54Z © 2023 2024-09 Thesis ID 19103065 http://hdl.handle.net/10361/23625 en Brac University theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. 42 pages application/pdf Brac University |
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Linguistic analysis Multimodality Social semiotics Vehicular art Vehicular discourse Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) Modality (Linguistics) Semiotics--Social aspects |
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This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English, 2023. |
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