Multimodal semiotics : functional analysis in contexts of education / [edited by] Len Unsworth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Unsworth, Len.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discourse analysis.

Semiotics.

Modality (Linguistics).

Multimedia communications.

Physical Description:

ix, 257 p. : ill., plans.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, c2008.

Summary:

This volume presents an overview of new developments and applications of social semiotic theory. Pioneered by M.A.K. Halliday, social semiotic theory sees meaning as created through the interaction of texts (including writing, images, sound and space) within a given context. Divided into five sections, the contributors use social semiotic theory to analyse a range of contexts, including the classroom, the museum and cinema. The case studies show the range and scope of this method of analysis, and include: the school curriculum; literacy; print media; online resources; film; and advertising.  Multimodal Semiotics will be of interest to academics researching social semiotic theory, systemic functional linguistics and applied linguistics.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Notes on Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Multimodal Semiotic Analyses and Education

Part One: Semiotics and 3D Space

2. Analysing Space: Adapting and Extending Multimodal Frameworkds

3. Space in Discourse

4. Interpersonal Meaning in 3D Space: How a Bonding Icon Gets Its 'Charge'

5. The Interplay of Discourse, Place and Space in Pedagogic Relations

Part Two: Semiotics in Film

6. Coherence and Cohesive Harmony in Filmic Text

7. Metafunctional Analyses of Sound in Film Communication

Part Three: Semiotics in News and Public Media

8. Intermodal Relations in Image Nuclear News Stories

9. Online Newspapers and TESOL Classrooms: A Multimodal Perspective

10. Symbolic Constructions in Global Public Visuals: A Pedagogic Framework for Critical Visual Literacy

Part Four: Semiotics in School Curricula

11. Literacy Across the School Subjects: A Multimodal Approach

12. Time Visuals in History Textbooks: Some Pedagogic Issues

13. Multimodal Representation of Educational Meanings in Montessori Pedagogy

14. Children's Website Structure and Navigation

15. Picturing the Landscape of the Knowledge Society: A Semiotic Point of View on Adolescents' Pictorial Metaphors

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Z.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612870941

9781282870949

1282870947

9781441103758

1441103759

OCLC:

893335251