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8 - Embedding Discourse Spaces without Say Verbs

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Barbara Dancygier  and
Lieven Vandelanotte
Barbara Dancygier
Affiliation:
University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Lieven Vandelanotte
Affiliation:
University of Namur, Belgium
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Summary

This chapter expands the discussion of memetic quotation to cases, including cases of what we call ‘dialogue labelling’, which do not feature explicit reporting verbs, but rely on depiction of interlocutors, interpretation of embodied behaviour, and sometimes quotation marks to signal the embedded Discourse Spaces, and viewpoints exchanged, in them. We include both one-off dialogue labelling examples and Image Macro memes (such as Anakin and Padmé) in our analysis. We also analyse a range of discourse patterns building on the basic Me/Also Me pattern, and round off with the Repeat after Me meme.

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quotationdialogue labellingdepictionembodied behaviourDiscourse SpacesClassical Art memesAnakin and Padmé memesMe/Also MeX/Also XRepeat after Me memes

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The Language of Memes
Patterns of Meaning Across Image and Text
 , pp. 131 - 150
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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