Understanding sound symbolic words in Indian comic books

(1)

TH-2148_136105003

(2)

(3)

TH-2148_136105003

(4)

(5)

TH-2148_136105003

(6)

(7)

মা-বাবা কে সমর্প িত

TH-2148_136105003

(8)

(9)

TH-2148_136105003

(10)

(11)

i TH-2148_136105003

(12)

(13)

iii TH-2148_136105003

(14)

(15)

v TH-2148_136105003

(16)

(17)

vii TH-2148_136105003

(18)

(19)

ix TH-2148_136105003

(20)

(21)

TH-2148_136105003

(22)

(23)

TH-2148_136105003

(24)

(25)

TH-2148_136105003

(26)

(27)

TH-2148_136105003

(28)

(29)

TH-2148_136105003

(30)

(31)

TH-2148_136105003

(32)

(33)

TH-2148_136105003

(34)

(35)

TH-2148_136105003

(36)

(37)

TH-2148_136105003

(38)

(39)

TH-2148_136105003

(40)

(41)

TH-2148_136105003

(42)

(43)

TH-2148_136105003

(44)

(45)

TH-2148_136105003

(46)

(47)

TH-2148_136105003

(48)

(49)

TH-2148_136105003

(50)

(51)

TH-2148_136105003

(52)

(53)

TH-2148_136105003

(54)

(55)

TH-2148_136105003

(56)

(57)

TH-2148_136105003

(58)

(59)

TH-2148_136105003

(60)

(61)

TH-2148_136105003

(62)

(63)

1 See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_comics for more list of Indian publishers

TH-2148_136105003

(64)

(65)

TH-2148_136105003

(66)

(67)

TH-2148_136105003

(68)

(69)

TH-2148_136105003

(70)

(71)

TH-2148_136105003

(72)

(73)

TH-2148_136105003

(74)

(75)

TH-2148_136105003

(76)

(77)

TH-2148_136105003

(78)

(79)

3 See https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/canine-corner/201211/how-dogs-bark-in- different-langauges?amp, for some interesting use of dog bark words across different languages (accessed on 23-5-2016 ) .

TH-2148_136105003

(80)

(81)

TH-2148_136105003

(82)

(83)

TH-2148_136105003

(84)

(85)

TH-2148_136105003

(86)

(87)

TH-2148_136105003

(88)

(89)

TH-2148_136105003

(90)

(91)

TH-2148_136105003

(92)

(93)

TH-2148_136105003

(94)

(95)

TH-2148_136105003

(96)

(97)

TH-2148_136105003

(98)

(99)

TH-2148_136105003

(100)

(101)

TH-2148_136105003

(102)

(103)

TH-2148_136105003

(104)

(105)

TH-2148_136105003

(106)

(107)

TH-2148_136105003

(108)

(109)

TH-2148_136105003

(110)

(111)

TH-2148_136105003

(112)

(113)

1.

2.

TH-2148_136105003

(114)

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

(115)

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

TH-2148_136105003

(116)

(117)

5 Temporality (sustained and instantaneous) is not included in the diagram as it is common among all the categories.

TH-2148_136105003

(118)

(119)

TH-2148_136105003

(120)

(121)

TH-2148_136105003

(122)

(123)

TH-2148_136105003

(124)

(125)

TH-2148_136105003

(126)

(127)

TH-2148_136105003

(128)

(129)

TH-2148_136105003

(130)

(131)

TH-2148_136105003

(132)

(133)

TH-2148_136105003

(134)

(135)

TH-2148_136105003

(136)

(137)

TH-2148_136105003

(138)

(139)

TH-2148_136105003

(140)

(141)

TH-2148_136105003

(142)

(143)

TH-2148_136105003

(144)

(145)

TH-2148_136105003

(146)

(147)

TH-2148_136105003

(148)

(149)

TH-2148_136105003

(150)

(151)

TH-2148_136105003

(152)

(153)

TH-2148_136105003

(154)

(155)

TH-2148_136105003

(156)

(157)

TH-2148_136105003

(158)

(159)

TH-2148_136105003

(160)

(161)

TH-2148_136105003

(162)

(163)

TH-2148_136105003

(164)

(165)

TH-2148_136105003

(166)

(167)

TH-2148_136105003

(168)

(169)

6 Appendix 2 contains the extended list of Hindi SSW that can be chosen as per the semantic category. The designer has to locate the source and under that the exhaustive range of possible words used in Indian comics is provided. The SSW are written in English as well in

Devanagari script so that if the designer is unaware of the language, the words can be drawn like any other object by referring to the Devanagari text.

TH-2148_136105003

(170)

(171)

TH-2148_136105003

(172)

(173)

TH-2148_136105003

(174)

(175)

TH-2148_136105003

(176)

(177)

TH-2148_136105003

(178)

(179)

TH-2148_136105003

(180)

(181)

7 See Appendix 5 for the list of Visual repository of the Hindi SSW.

TH-2148_136105003

(182)

(183)

TH-2148_136105003

(184)

(185)

TH-2148_136105003

(186)

(187)

TH-2148_136105003

(188)

(189)

TH-2148_136105003

(190)

(191)

TH-2148_136105003

(192)

(193)

TH-2148_136105003

(194)

(195)

TH-2148_136105003

(196)

(197)

TH-2148_136105003

(198)

(199)

TH-2148_136105003

(200)