Overview

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.

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Author:   Philip LeVine ,  Ron Scollon ,  Philip LeVine ,  Theo van Leeuwen
Publisher:   Georgetown University Press
Imprint:   Georgetown University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9781589011014

ISBN 10:   1589011015
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   16 February 2004
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Multimodal Discourse Analysis as the Confluence of Discourse and TechnologyRon Scollon and Philip LeVine 2. Ten Reasons Why Linguists Should Pay Attention to Visual CommunicationTheo Van Leeuwen 3. The Problem of Context in Computer Mediated CommunicationRodney H. Jones 4. The Way to Write a Phone Call : Multimodality in Novices' Use and Perceptions of Interactive Written Discourse (IWD)Angela Goddard 5. Trying on Voices: Using Questions to Establish Authority, Identity, and Recipient Design in Electronic DiscourseBoyd Davis and Peyton Mason 6. Mock Taiwanese-Accented Mandarin in the Internet Community in Taiwan: The Interaction between Technology, Linguistic Practice, and Language IdeologiesHsi-Yao Su 7. Materiality in Discourse: The Influence of Space and Layout in Making MeaningIngrid de Saint-Georges 8. The Multimodal Negotiation of Service EncountersLaurent Filliettaz 9. Multimodal Discourse Analysis: A Conceptual FrameworkSigrid Norris 10. Files, Forms, and Fonts: Mediational Means and Identity Negotiation in Immigration InterviewsAlexandra Johnston 11. Modalities of Turn-Taking in Blind/Sighted Interaction: Better to Be Seen and Not Heard?Elisa Everts 12. Informed Consent and Other Ethical Conundrums in Videotaping InteractionsElaine K. Yakura 13. The Moral Spectator: Distant Suffering in September 11th Live FootageLilie Chouliaraki 14. Ethnography of Language in the Age of Video: Voices as Multimodal Constructions in Some Contexts of Religious and Clinical AuthorityJoel Kuipers 15. Multimodality and New Communication TechnologiesCarey Jewitt 16. Origins: A Brief Intellectual and Technological History of the Emergence of Multimodal Discourse AnalysisFrederick Erickson 17. Studying WorkscapesMarilyn Whalen and Jack Whalen with Robert Moore, Geoff Raymond, Margaret Szymanski, and Erik Vinkhuyzen

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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

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

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