ISBN:
9780415712101
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (183 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Social Semiotics : Key Figures, New Directions
DDC:
302.2
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
M.A.K Halliday's work has been hugely influential in linguistics and beyond since the 1960s. This is a collection of interviews with key figures in the generation of social semioticians who have taken Halliday's concept of social semiotics and developed it further in various directions, making their own original contributions to theory and practice. This book highlights their main lines of thought and considers how they relate to both the original concept of social semiotics and to each other. Key themes include:Linguistic studies, multilinguality and evolution of language;Text, discourse and
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title ; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents ; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. Introduction; What is Halliday's social semiotics?; Who are the scholars?; How were the interviews done?; References; 2. Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen; Background; SFL and social semiotics; Communication, text and code; Language description; Dialects of SFL; Context and genre; Meaning; Mode and multi-semiotic work; SFL and language teaching; The future; References; 3. Jim R. Martin; Background; Basic concepts; Stratification; Context; Semantics; Appraisal; Multimodality; SFL dialects
Description / Table of Contents:
Genre pedagogyThe future; References; 4. Gunther Kress; Background and beginnings; Politics and semiotics; Mode; Medium; Affordances; Literacy; Text and communication; Design; Applications; The future; Notes; References; 5. Theo van Leeuwen; Background; From SFL to multimodality; Semiotics and social theory; Sign making; Multimodality and mode; Technology and meaning; Theory building; Linguistics in a multimodal world; Impact; The future; References; 6. Jay Lemke; Background; The sign; Meta-redundancy; Metafunctions, communication, text and genre; Stratification and text - and time-scales
Description / Table of Contents:
MultimodalitySocial semiotics, SFL and science; Cognition, emotions and aesthetics; Digital media; Social semiotics and SFL in US; SFL - today and in the future; References; 7. Central themes; Key figures, new directions; Systems and concepts; Multimodality; Social critique and design; Functions and applications; Future challenges, hopes and aspirations; References; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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