By David Crystal

New from Cambridge University Press!

By Peter Mark Roget

This book "supplies a vocabulary of English words and idiomatic phrases 'arranged … according to the ideas which they express'. The thesaurus, continually expanded and updated, has always remained in print, but this reissued first edition shows the impressive breadth of Roget's own knowledge and interests."

Multimodality is an innovative approach to representation, communicationand interaction which looks beyond language to investigate the multitude ofways we communicate: through images, sound and music to gestures, bodyposture and the use of space.

"The Routledge Handbook of Multimodal Analysis" is the first comprehensive"research tool kit" for multimodal analysis, with 22 chapters written byleading figures in the field on a wide range of theoretical andmethodological issues. It clarifies terms and concepts, synthesizes the keyliterature with in-depth exploration and illustrative analysis, and tackleschallenging methodological issues.

The Handbook includes chapters on key factors for Multimodality such astechnology, culture, notions of identity and macro issues such as literacypolicy. The handbook takes a broad look at multimodality and engages withhow a variety of other theoretical approaches have looked at multimodalcommunication and representation, including visual studies, anthropology,conversation analysis, socio-cultural theory, socio-linguistics and newliteracy studies.

Detailed multimodal analysis case studies are also included, along with anextensive glossary of key terms, to support those new to multimodality andallow those already engaged in multimodal research to explore thefundamentals further.

"The Routledge Handbook of Multimodal Analysis" is essential reading forundergraduate and postgraduate students as well as researchers involved inthe study of multimodal communication