Description: This book brings together cutting-edge research on multimodal texts and the discourses generated through the interaction of two or more modes of communication, for example pictures of language, typography and layout, body movement and camera movement. The contributors collected within this volume use systemic functional linguistics to analyze how meaning is generated within a series of case studies. The result is a comprehensive survey of the ways in which enhanced meaning emerges through the interaction of more than one mode of communication.
Brief description: Dr Kay O'Halloran is Associate Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature, and Director of the Multimodal Analysis Lab in the Interactive & Digital Media Institute (IMI) at the National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Review Quotes: "'This collection of research papers is characterized by a richness of empirical data...it is still a thought-provoking stimulation for anyone interested in the field of multimodality.' Charalampia Sidiropoulou, University of London, Visual Communication, 5 (1)" --Charalampia Sidiropoulou