On the Choice and the Manner of Distribution of Frequently Used Sound-Symbolic Expressions in Comic Book Stories

Comic Book StoriesYoshiharu KUMAGAI 56 () translated version, together with how the data was collected and analyzed in Kumagai (2022).Section three presents some relevant findings of Kumagai (2022), where similarities and differences between English and Japanese sound-symbolic expressions depicting the same card-snatching activities in the comic work were explored.Following this, the internal structure of the English expressions that tend to appear in comic books is analyzed in detail.Further, the motivation for the choice of particular expressions, especially for cases where similar actions are seen in a neighboring or proximal comic frame is explored.The final section summarizes the findings of this study and addresses issues for further research.