Jewitt, Carey;
(2008)
Multimodal Discourses Across the Curriculum.
In: Hornberger, Nancy H, (ed.)
Encyclopedia of Language and Education.
(pp. 1098-1108).
Springer: Boston, MA, USA.
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Abstract
Multimodality approaches representation and communication as something more than language. It attends to the complex repertoire of semiotic resources and organizational means that people make meaning through—image, speech, gesture, writing, 3‐dimensional forms, and so on. Strictly speaking, then multimodality refers to a field of application rather than a theory. A variety of disciplines and theoretical approaches can be used to explore different aspects of the multimodal landscape. Psychological theories can be applied to look at how people perceive different modes or to understand the impact of one mode over another on memory for example. Sociological and anthropological theories and interests could be applied to examine how communities use multimodal conventions to mark and maintain identities. The term ‘multimodality’ is, however, strongly linked with social semiotic theory and is widely used to stand for ‘multimodal social semiotics’. This is the use of multimodality in this chapter.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Multimodal Discourses Across the Curriculum |
| ISBN-13: | 978-0-387-32875-1 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-0-387-30424-3_84 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30424-3_84 |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Multimodal Theory; Semiotic Resource; Multimodal Analysis; South African Township; Multimodal Text |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Culture, Communication and Media |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1520138 |
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