Short description:

This collection responds to the need for theoretically informed and methodologically grounded empirical research on the global transformations in multimodal human communication and social practices.

Long description:

This collection responds to the need for theoretically informed and methodologically grounded empirical research on the global transformations in multimodal human communication and social practices in light of recent widespread change.

The volume highlights the need to expand on the established approaches--Social Semiotics, Multimodal Discourse Analysis, and Multimodal (Inter)action Analysis--by complementing them with other analytical frameworks to better understand the impact of unprecedented global challenges, such as Covid-19, on the way humans communicate and make use of meaning-making resources. Bringing together established and emergent scholars from a variety of geographical, cultural, and linguistic contexts, the collection presents studies from both the Global North and Global South, including South Africa, Latin America, Brazil, and the Caribbean, to showcase new perspectives in multimodality research.

This innovative book will be of interest to students and scholars in multimodality, social semiotics, and discourse analysis.

Table of Contents:

Lists of Figures

List of Contributors

List of Tables

Foreword

Teresa Oteíza

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Natasha Artemeva, Liliana Vásquez Rocca, and Chloë Grace Fogarty-Bourget

PART I

Current Trends in Multimodality Studies

Chapter 1. Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives on Multimodality in South Africa

Arlene Archer

Chapter 2. The Seeds and Growth of Multimodality in Latin America: A Historical Review

Dominique Manghi, Carolina Badillo, and Danielle Almeida

Chapter 3. Consolidation of Multimodality Studies in Latin America: A Review of Emergent Themes

Carolina Pérez-Arredondo and Camila Cárdenas-Neira

Chapter 4. PanMeMic. Changes in Communication and Interaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: Insights from a Collective, Multimodal Research Method

Ana Pedrazzini, Clarice Gualberto, Styliani Karatza, Maryam S. Ghiasian, and Elisabetta Adami

PART II

Challenges to Multimodality Research in Educational Contexts

Chapter 5. Combining Multimodal Techniques to Approach the Study of Academic Lectures: A Methodological Reflection

Edgar Bernad-Mechó

Chapter 6. A Toolkit for the Analysis of Modal Intensity: Strategies Instructors Use to Facilitate Student Engagement in Learning

Chloë Grace Fogarty-Bourget, Jesse Pirini, and Natasha Artemeva

Chapter 7. A Multimodal Analysis of an Integrating Content and Language in Higher Education (ICLHE) Lecture: Multimodal Ensembles in Action

Miguel F. Ruiz-Garrido and Inmaculada Fortanet-Gómez 

Chapter 8. Textbook and Learning

Germán Canale

PART III

Challenges to Multimodality Studies of Social Interaction

Chapter 9. Once Upon a Time: Toy Stories, Affordances, and the Playing Activity

Danielle Almeida and Jonathan Feitosa Ferreira

Chapter 10. Chilean Movement for Non-sexist Education and Semiosis in Social Media: Students Advance, and Teachers Wake Up

Liliana Vásquez Rocca, Dominique Manghi, Felipe Pereira, Tomás Farías, and Katherine Malhue

Chapter 11. Conflict in Interaction: Diverging Topic Trajectories and Misalignment

Jarret G. Geenen and Austin Howard

Chapter 12. Peer Review and Hidden Modalities of Research Process Genres

Brad Mehlenbacher and Ashley Rose Mehlenbacher

PART IV

Conclusion

Chapter 13. Multimodal Body Work: Research in the Built Environment

Christine Räisänen

Index