1st Edition

Multimodality and Time A Social Semiotic Approach

By Theo van Leeuwen Copyright 2025
152 Pages 38 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

152 Pages 38 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

152 Pages 38 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This ground-breaking book brings together the work of leading theorist, Theo van Leeuwen, on time-based multimodal forms of communication including speech, music, and film. With chapters on the fundamental meaning-making role of rhythm, time in music, time in film, the representation of time and timing in language, and the visualization of time, this book offers a comprehensive approach to the... Read more

1. Time and society  2. Rhythm  3. Time in music  4. Time in film  5. Time in language  6. Visualizing time  7. Notes on multimodal analysis

Biography

Theo van Leeuwen is currently Professor of Language and Communication at the University of Southern Denmark and Honorary Professor at the University of New South Wales. His many influential publications include Introducing Social Semiotics, The Language of Colour, Reading Images (with Gunther Kress), Organizational Semiotics (with Louise Ravelli, Markus Höllerer, and Dennis Jancsary), and Multimodality and Identity, all published by Routledge.