182 Pages
by Routledge

182 Pages
by Routledge

182 Pages
by Routledge

M.A.K Halliday’s work has been hugely influential in linguistics and beyond since the 1960s. This is a collection of interviews with key figures in the generation of social semioticians who have taken Halliday’s concept of social semiotics and developed it further in various directions, making their own original contributions to theory and practice. This book highlights their main lines of... Read more

Preface

1. Introduction

2. Christian Mathiessen

3. Jim Martin

4. Gunther Kress

5. Theo van Leeuwen

6. Jay Lemke

7. Central Themes

Biography

Thomas HestbÃk Andersen is Associate Professor, Department of Language and Communication, University of Southern Denmark and is Chairman for the Nordic Association for SFL & Social Semiotics., Morten Boeriis is Associate Professor, Department of Language and Communication, University of Southern Denmark., Eva Maagerø is Professor, Department of Language Studies, Buskerud and Vestfold University College, Norway., Elise Seip Tønnessen is Professor, Department of Nordic and Media Studies, University of Agder, Norway.Morten Boeriis is Associate Professor, Department of Language and Communication, University of Southern Denmark.Eva Maagerø is Professor, Department of Language Studies, Buskerud and Vestfold University College, Norway.Elise Seip Tønnessen is Professor, Department of Nordic and Media Studies, University of Agder, Norway.

"This book is a major contribution to the study of social semiotics.  It is that rare achievement – careful scholarship presented so attractively that the book is very difficult to put down." Geoff Williams, University of Sydney, Australia