Multimodality Reading Group - Second Session

The second session of the reading group on Multimodality will take place on 4^th February, 1 to 2.30pm, in Michael Sadler SR (LG10).

For our next session we will discuss the following works, which analyse different kinds of communicative artefact/event, with each bringing a specific theoretical perspective to multimodal analysis:

• on printed documents: Delin, J., Bateman, J. & Allen, P. (2002/3). A model of genre in document layout. Information Design Journal 11(1), 54-66 http://www.fb10.uni-bremen.de/anglistik/langpro/projects/gem/downloads/delin-bateman-allen-idj.pdf
• on objects (and related packaging): Machin, D. & Van Leeuwen, T. (2009). Toys as Discourse: Children's War Toys and the War on Terror. Critical Discourse Studies 6(1): 51–63 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17405900802560082#.Vmh86EsXjjI
• on face-to-face communication: Norris, S. (2006). Multiparty interaction: A multimodal perspective on relevance. Discourse Studies, 8(3), 401–421 http://dis.sagepub.com/content/8/3/401.short

If you have problem accessing any of these, please email: e.adami@leeds.ac.uk

We are also happy to announce that we are planning to have “hands-on sessions", held in-between the dates of our next reading sessions, where each of us could bring their own data for a group discussion on how to analyse them. Announcements on the dates for the next reading and hands-on sessions will follow.

Very much looking forward to continuing our discussion and to welcoming new participants,

Elisabetta Adami (School of Languages, Cultures and Societies)

Giorgia Aiello (School of Media and Communication)

Martin Thomas (School of Languages, Cultures and Societies)