COVID-19 and the irony of military expenditures: non-verbal semiotic discourse study

This article presents a study in the non-verbal semiotic discourse analysis of visual ironies of military expenditures in some selected cartoons amid COVID-19 spread. Visual irony can be expressed through using humorous or sardonic cartoons or posters with written expressions to express the opposite...

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Main Authors: Enas Naji Kadim, Ali Haif Abbas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-04-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844022006120