Multimodality in the Built Environment: Spatial Discourse Analysis

ISBN-13: 9781138499119 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 180 str.

Louise J. Ravelli; Robert J. McMurtrie

Opis

This book provides an extended exploration of the multimodal analysis of spatial (three-dimensional) texts of the built environment, culminating in a holistic approach termed Spatial Discourse Analysis (SpDA).

Spis treści

1. Introduction: New Perspectives on the Built Environment  2. Framing Society: Shopping, the textual metafunction, and social hierarchy  3. Structuring Relations: Learning spaces and the interpersonal metafunction  4. Extending Relations: At home in the library  5. Construing Living: Apartments, the experiential metafunction, and the role of the user  6. Individualizing Space: Art galleries, the logical metafunction, and the contribution of users’ movement  7. Conclusion: Holistic analysis

O autorze

Louise J. Ravelli is Associate Professor of Media and Communication at the University of New South Wales, Australia.

Robert J. McMurtrie is a PhD from the University of New South Wales, Australia, in Multimodality and Spatiogrammatics.