Discourse and Technology: Multimodal Discourse Analysis

LeVine, Philip; Scollon, Ron

ISBN 10: 1589011015 / ISBN 13: 9781589011014

Published by Georgetown University Press, 2004

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229p. Text is unmarked with a few slightly dog-eared pages in rear. Binding is squared with secure hinges. Red covers are glossy with lightly bumped corners.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Discourse and Technology: Multimodal Discourse Analysis
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1589011015
• ISBN 13: 9781589011014
• Binding: 8vo Softcover
• Edition: 1st Printing.
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • LINGUISTICS
  • TECHNOLOGY

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Synopsis

The overarching theme of "Discourse and Technology" is cutting-edge in the field of linguistics: multimodal discourse. This volume opens up a discussion among discourse analysts and others in linguistics and related fields about the two-fold impact of new communication technologies: The impact on how discourse data is collected, transcribed, and analyzed - and the impact that these technologies are having on social interaction and discourse. As inexpensive tape recorders allowed the field to move beyond text, written or printed language, to capture talk - discourse as spoken language - the information explosion (including cell phones, video recorders, Internet chat rooms, online journals, and the like) has moved those in the field to recognize that all discourse is, in various ways, "multimodal," constructed through speech and gesture, as well as through typography, layout, and the materials employed in the making of texts. The contributors have responded to the expanding scope of discourse analysis by asking five key questions: Why should we study discourse and technology and multimodal discourse analysis? What is the role of the World Wide Web in discourse analysis? How does one analyze multimodal discourse in studies of social actions and interactions? How does one analyze multimodal discourse in educational social interactions? And how does one use multimodal discourse analyses in the workplace? The vitality of these explorations opens windows onto even newer horizons of discourse and discourse analysis.

Review

Together, the authors in this volume have contributed new visions to discourse studies in information communication technologies. This volume is a relevant up-to-date collection that should be part of the discourse and multimedia communication collection in libraries around the world.

--Discourse & Society

a most welcome collection of papers on an as-yet-little-explored topic

--WORD