the study of visual texts, like film, photographs, graphic representations, illustrations,...
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in language: the relationship between the subject and the action expressed by the verb in a...
in literature: the attitude and influence of the writer, evident in the feel of the writing.
a sound technique in which the voices (dialogue) are added after a film has been shot. All...
a class of letters or speech sounds (a, e, i, o, u) that are produced in the mouth in such a way...