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Modelling Paralanguage Using Systemic Functional Semiotics

Theory and Application
By Dr Michele Zappavigna and Clare Painter and Dr Thu Ngo and Dr Susan Hood and Dr J. R. Martin and Dr Bradley A. Smith
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Systemic Functional Linguistics
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Modelling Paralanguage Using Systemic Functional Semiotics is the first comprehensive study of paralanguage—non-verbal communication such as gesture, facial expression, and voice quality—through the lens of Systemic Functional Semiotics (SFS). The book presents a novel framework distinguishing non-semiotic behaviour from paralanguage and models paralanguage within the three metafunctions of meaning: ideational, interpersonal, and textual. Drawing on diverse contexts, including social media vlogs and face-to-face teaching, it offers groundbreaking insights into culture-specific and context-specific paralanguage.
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This book is particularly suited to researchers, academics, and advanced students in linguistics, semiotics, discourse analysis, and communication studies, as well as professionals interested in social interaction and multimodal discourse analysis.

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Winner of the ASFLA (Australian Systemic Functional Linguistics Association) M. A. K. Halliday Prize 2023

This book is the first comprehensive account of 'body language' as 'paralanguage' informed by Systemic Functional Semiotics (SFS). It brings together the collaborative work of internationally renowned academics and emerging scholars to offer a fresh linguistic perspective on gesture, body orientation, body movement, facial expression, and voice quality resources that support all spoken language.

The authors create a framework for distinguishing non-semiotic behaviour from paralanguage, and provide a comprehensive modelling of paralanguage in each of the three metafunctions of meaning (ideational, interpersonal, and textual). Illustrations of the application of this new model for multimodal discourse analysis draw on a range of contexts, from social media vlogs, to animated children’s narratives, to face-to-face teaching.

Modelling Paralanguage Using Systemic Functional Semiotics offers an innovative way for dealing with culture-specific and context-specific paralanguage.

Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Systemic Functional Linguistics

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This work is recognised as an indispensable resource for social semiotic research, providing innovative frameworks for analysing facial expressions, gestures, and vocal qualities that complement spoken discourse. Experts praise its relevance for researchers expanding Halliday’s multifunctional theory to embodied semiotic resources, highlighting its robust development of systemic functional theory and practical application across disciplines.

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ISBN: 9781350277588

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 June 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 154.0mm

Height: 232.0mm

Weight: 430g

Pages: 280

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Clare Painter Dr Bradley A. Smith Dr J. R. Martin Dr Michele Zappavigna Dr Susan Hood Dr Thu Ngo Education & Reference Non-Fiction Science & Nature Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Systemic Functional Linguistics

About the Author

Thu Ngo is Lecturer in Language and Literacy in the School of Education at Australian Catholic University, Australia.

Susan Hood is Honorary Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics, University of Sydney, Australia.

J. R. Martin is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sydney, Australia.

Clare Painter is Honorary Associate in the Department of Linguistics, University of Sydney, Australia.

Bradley A. Smith is Honorary Associate in the Department of Linguistics, University of Sydney, Australia.

Michele Zappavigna is Associate Professor in the School of the Arts & Media at the University of Sydney, Australia.

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