text_combined: written poem semiotic conventions old modern english huisman rosemary university sydney written poem semiotic conventions old modern english available cassell hb 0 304 33999 7 us 75 00 45 00 book defines focus interest contemporary poetry historical construction een object uses current literary social theory facilitate study thus book contains matter relevance practising poets engaged literary studies sociolinguistic interest english language especially relation technical social changes language technology literacy part one discusses use graphic visual conventions contemporary poetry english recognize poem including apparent contraventions prosepoem poem recognized interpretative conventions brought play reading especially spatial arrangement page become meaningful right much contemporary poetry last question semiosis een poem discussed length numerous examples individual poems consistent descriptive vocabulary iscourse genre model language social context derived work linguist k halliday sociologist basil bernstein relevant explained used part two explores questions brought fore part one origin line primary generic sign poetry potential seen rather spoken meaning emerge particularly focuses changes manuscript conventions old middle english poetry comparitvely late significance print poetic discourse change increasingly literate understanding literature social personal understanding poetic meaning late eighteenth century nineteenth century regarded object poem outcome social processes textual interpretation production regarded subject meaning authorized available review email sales cassellexport demon co uk