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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450102103321

Autore

Scollon Ronald <1939, >

Titolo

Discourses in place : language in the material world / / Ron Scollon and Suzie Wong Scollon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-280-07248-2

1-134-43691-2

0-203-42272-4

0-203-42508-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 pages)

Disciplina

302.222

Soggetti

Semiotics

Semantics

Visual communication

Indexicals (Semantics)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Geosemiotics; Indexicality; The interaction order; Visual semiotics; Interlude on geosemiotics; Place semiotics: Code preference; Place semiotics: Inscription; Place semiotics: Emplacement; Place semiotics: Discourses in time and space; Indexicality, dialogicality, and selection in action; Glossary; References; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

This highly illustrated text develops the first systematic analysis of the ways we interpret language as it is materially placed in the world. This is essential reading for anyone with an interest in language and the way we communicate.