Linguistic Multimodality – Multimodal Linguistics: A State-of-the-Art Sketch

Abstract

Distilling relevant recent publications, the present chapter seeks to sketch out the current state of the art in the burgeoning field of (linguistic) multimodality research. It does so by identifying, explaining, and inter-linking concepts that have come to constitute a consensual core in the area. The sketch also points out and discusses contested notions highlighting the nature of the differences in opinion. Wherever possible and useful, the explanations will be based on a trans-textual example of multimodal discourse involving image and text in two different genres. Finally, attention will be directed to three promising perspectives: multimodal rhetoric, cognitive semiotics, and trans-textuality.

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