The Materiality of Writing: A Trace Making Perspective (Routledge Studies in Multimodality) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138679720 ISBN 13: 9781138679726

Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

This book examines the materiality of writing. It adopts a multimodal approach to argue that writing as we know it is only a small part of the myriad gestures we make, practices we engage in, and media we use in the process of trace-making. Taking a broad view of the act of writing, the volume features contributions from both established and up-and-coming scholars from around the world and incorporates a range of methodological and theoretical perspectives, from fields such as linguistics, philosophy, psychology of perception, design, and semiotics. This interdisciplinary framework allows readers to see the relationships between writing and other forms of "trace-making", including architectural drawings, graphic shapes, and commercial logos, and between writing and reading, with a number of illustrations highlighting the visual data used in the forms and studies discussed. The book also looks forward to the future, discussing digital media and new technology and their implications for trace-making. This pioneering volume will be of interest to scholars and researchers in multimodality, literacy, cognitive neuroscience, design theory, discourse analysis, and applied linguistics.

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About the Author

Christian Mosbęk Johannessen is Assistant Professor of Visual Communication at the University of Southern Denmark.

Theo van Leeuwen is Professor of Multimodal Communication at the University of Southern Denmark.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138679720
• ISBN 13: 9781138679726
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 294
• Editor: Mosbęk Johannessen Christian, Van Leeuwen Theo