About the seminar
In this talk van Leeuwen will review a number of key concepts in social semiotics, including (1) the place of language and language studies in social semiotics, (2) genre, context and practice, (3) modes, media and materiality, (4) discourse and text, and (5) recontextualization, resemiotization and transformation.
The talk will present his particular views on these issues, but also discuss to which degree they are similar to, and in which ways and why they are different from other social semioticians.
He will end with a view on what he thinks social semiotics is or should be, and what issues he believe should be central in its further development.
Chair: Gustav Westberg.
Photo: 'Aurora - Connecting Senses’, Cristina Pop-Tiron & Signe Kjær Jensen
