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Multimodal Discourse outlines a new theory of communication for the age of interactive media. Gunther Kress and Theo Van Leeuwen provide students with a wide-ranging analysis of the various communication styles and the ways by which text is now understood as the interaction of sound, music, vision, colour and language.

(Paperback)

(Hardback)

This work suggests that communication proceeds by many modes, of which language is one and not necessarily the dominant one. It asks what are the roles of other modes and whether language may be occupying a co-equal or even a minor role in relation to the mode of image, for instance.

(Paperback)

This work suggests that communication proceeds by many modes, of which language is one and not necessarily the dominant one. It asks what are the roles of other modes and whether language may be occupying a co-equal or even a minor role in relation to the mode of image, for instance.