The Power of Language - How Discourse Influences Society Second Edition - Lynne Young
Multimodal Communication
The Power of Language - How Discourse Influences Society Second Edition - Lynne Young
Lynne Young [+]
Carleton University, (retired)
Lynne Young recently retired as Associate Professor in the School of Linguistics and Language Study at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. She plans to continue her research in Systemic Functional Linguistics and Critical Discourse Analysis as well as in new areas of Discourse Analysis.She is currently working on a second edition of this book with Michael Fitzgerald and Saira Fitzgerald, to be published at the end of 2015.
Michael Fitzgerald [+]
Michael Fitzgerald has a doctorate in the philosophy of international development from the National University of Singapore, and has worked on development projects in Southeast Asia and East Africa. He is a writing and research consultant and a data analyst.
Saira Fitzgerald [+]
Saira Fitzgerald is currently pursuing her doctorate in Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. She has worked in educational development in East Africa, Asia, the Middle East and North America.
Description
Chapter 8 introduces you to the visual mode of communication, and the interaction of the visual with the verbal mode. In this chapter, you will examine multimodal resources from educational settings and the print media through the lens of SFL in relation to issues of power and ideology.