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Record Nr.

UNINA9910957146103321

Titolo

Perspectives on multimodality / / edited by Eija Ventola, Cassily Charles, Martin Kaltenbacher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., c2004

ISBN

9786613280138

9781283280136

1283280132

9789027275158

9027275157

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Collana

Document design companion series, , 1568-1963 ; ; v. 6

Classificazione

AP 15000

Altri autori (Persone)

VentolaEija

CharlesCassily

KaltenbacherMartin <1966->

Disciplina

401/.41

Soggetti

Semiotics

Modality (Linguistics)

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

pt. 1. Multimodal issues -- pt. 2. Analyses and applications.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume sign posts several paths of multimodality research and theory-building today. The chapters represent a cross-section of current perspectives on multimodal discourse with a special focus on theoretical and methodological issues (mode hierarchies, modeling semiotic resources as multiple semiotic systems, multimodal corpus annotation). In addition, it discusses a wide range of applications for multimodal description in fields like mathematics, entertainment, education, museum design, medicine and translation.