37.861, Books: Speaking in Pictures: Cohn (2026)

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Subject: 37.861, Books: Speaking in Pictures: Cohn (2026)

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Date: 25-Feb-2026
From: Lucy Trotter [lucy.trotter at bloomsbury.com]
Subject: Speaking in Pictures: Cohn (2026)


Title: Speaking in Pictures
Subtitle: A Vision of Language
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
           http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/
Book URL:
https://www.bloomsbury.com/speaking-in-pictures-9781350402164/

Author(s): Neil Cohn

Paperback, ISBN: 9781350402164, Price: £26.99
Hardback, ISBN: 9781350402171, Price: £80.00

Abstract:

Pictures are a fundamental aspect of how we express ourselves, and
cave paintings are among our oldest records of intelligence. Yet,
despite their importance, why don't most people feel they can draw,
and why are pictures often considered less important than language?
For over 20 years, Neil Cohn has pioneered research around these
questions within the fields of linguistics and cognitive neuroscience,
and this book is the result, heralding a new paradigm of language,
drawing, and communication, all accessibly presented as a non-fiction
graphic novel. This work challenges the conventional understandings of
how pictures communicate, how people learn to draw, and the nature of
language itself.
With humor and a clear, friendly, and accessible tone, Speaking in
Pictures introduces ground-breaking research by doing what it
discusses: intertwining pictures and words into a single message as a
non-fiction graphic novel, taking the reader on an inspiring journey
through the study of communication and the mind.

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     General Linguistics
                     Psycholinguistics




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