| Description |
xvi, 212 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-204) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Where meaning is the issue -- 2. The social environment of contemporary communication -- 3. Communication : shaping the domain of meaning -- 4. A social-semiotic theory of multimodality -- 5. Mode -- 6. Meaning as resource : 'naming' in a multimodal social-semiotic theory -- 7. Design and arrangements : making meaning material -- 8.Multimodal orchestrations and ensembles of meaning -- 9. Applying the theory : learning and evaluation ; identity and knowledge -- 10. The social semiotics of convergentt mobile devices : new forms of compositionn and the transformation of habitus |
| Summary |
"The 21st century is awash with ever more mixed and remixed images, writing, layout, sound, gesture, speech, and 3D objects. Multimodality looks beyond language and examines these multiple modes of communication and meaning making. Multimodality: A Social Semiotic Approach to Contemporary Communication represents an addition to the study of multimodality from the scholar who pioneered and continues to play a decisive role in shaping the field. Written in an accessible manner and illustrated with a wealth of photos and illustrations to clearly demonstrate the points made, Multimodality: A Social Semiotic Approach to Contemporary Communication deliberately sets out to locate communication in the everyday, covering topics and issues not usually discussed in books of this kind, from traffic signs to mobile phones." "In this book, Gunther Kress presents a contemporary, distinctive and widely applicable approach to communication. He provides the framework necessary for understanding the attempt to bring all modes of meaning-making together under one unified theoretical roof. This exploration of an increasingly vital area of language and communication studies will be of interest to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students in the fields of English language and applied linguistics, media and communication studies and education."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Provenance |
Gift of Paul and Mary Haas. |
| Subject |
Semiotics.
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Semiotics. |
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Communication.
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Communication. |
| ISBN |
9780415320603 hardback alkaline paper |
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0415320607 hardback alkaline paper |
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9780415320610 paperback alkaline paper |
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0415320615 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780203970034 e-bk. |
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0203970039 e-bk. |
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