TY - BOOK
T1 - Advancing multimodal and critical discourse studies
T2 - interdisciplinary research inspired by Theo Van Leeuwen's social semiotics
A2 - Zhao, Sumin
A2 - Djonov, Emilia
A2 - Björkvall, Anders
A2 - Boeriis, Morten
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - As a founder and leading figure in multimodality and social semiotics, Theo van Leuween has made significant contributions to a variety of research fields, including discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, communication and media studies, education, and design. In celebration of his illustrious research career, this volume brings together a group of leading and emerging scholars in these fields to review, explore and advance two central research agendas set out by van Leeuwen: the categorisation of the meaning potential of various semiotic resources and the examination of their uses in different forms of communication, and the critical analysis of the interaction between semiotic forms, norms and technology in discursive practices. Through 11 cutting-edge research papers and an experimental visual essay, the book investigates a broad range of semiotic resources including touch, sound, image, texture, and discursive practices such as community currency, fitness regime, film scoring, and commodity upcycling. The book showcases how social semiotics and multimodality can provide insights into the burning issues of the day, such as global neoliberalism, terrorism, consumerism, and immigration.
AB - As a founder and leading figure in multimodality and social semiotics, Theo van Leuween has made significant contributions to a variety of research fields, including discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, communication and media studies, education, and design. In celebration of his illustrious research career, this volume brings together a group of leading and emerging scholars in these fields to review, explore and advance two central research agendas set out by van Leeuwen: the categorisation of the meaning potential of various semiotic resources and the examination of their uses in different forms of communication, and the critical analysis of the interaction between semiotic forms, norms and technology in discursive practices. Through 11 cutting-edge research papers and an experimental visual essay, the book investigates a broad range of semiotic resources including touch, sound, image, texture, and discursive practices such as community currency, fitness regime, film scoring, and commodity upcycling. The book showcases how social semiotics and multimodality can provide insights into the burning issues of the day, such as global neoliberalism, terrorism, consumerism, and immigration.
KW - social semiotics
KW - critical discourse analysis
KW - multimodality
KW - systemic functional linguistics
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85041132612&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4324/9781315521015
DO - 10.4324/9781315521015
M3 - Edited Book/Anthology
AN - SCOPUS:85041132612
SN - 9781138697638
T3 - Routledge studies in multimodality
BT - Advancing multimodal and critical discourse studies
PB - Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
CY - New York
ER -