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Type: documentary educational

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Author: unknown

Tags: technology education cognition meaning

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Type: fiction scientific

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Author: Geoffrey Leech

Tags: communication linguistics meaning semantics

Description: Semantics presented in the light of linguistics, communication and concept-manipulation. ToSemantics presented in the light of linguistics, communication and concept-manipulation. To what extent can the study of language be used to contribute to the study of meaning? An interesting general, but quite extensive, overview of semantics. A good place to start for the beginner....

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Type: educational technical

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Authors: Jay David Bolter J. David Bolter

Tags: writing media meaning representation hypertextuality

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Author: I. A. Richards

Tags: meaning metaphor rhetoric

Description: "Our communication is limited by misunderstanding." A nice slim volume that outlines"Our communication is limited by misunderstanding." A nice slim volume that outlines the philosophy of rhetoric... Richard's definition of rhetoric: "how do words work in discourse?" The blurb continues:
"To answer this question, he examines the interaction of words with each other and with their contexts, showing how a continual synthesis of meaning, or "principle of metaphor", gives life to discussion. It is through comprehension of the way meaning changes in discourse that we can better control and animate our use of words, and so decrease misunderstanding." Boy, I so NEED to read this book, even if it is based on lectures dating back to 1936! Well, it's only 150 pages, I guess....

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Type: scientific

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Author: Marvin Minsky

Tags: space communication mind cognition meaning memory

Description: A fun, easy to read book (lots of pictures and broken up text) that looks at cognition, theA fun, easy to read book (lots of pictures and broken up text) that looks at cognition, the brain, theories of mind and memory, of space and meaning, perception, context and ambiguities, framing, expression, mental models, etc....

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Type: educational

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Author: Carey Jewitt

Tags: technology education meaning literacy multimodality representation

Description: With the recent explosion of technology into the world of education across the globe, thisWith the recent explosion of technology into the world of education across the globe, this book sets out a framework for rethinking the three key areas of schooling that are most affected by technology's impact on education today: knowledge as curriculum; learning and pedagogy; and literacy across the curriculum. A well-known author in this field, Carey Jewitt shows how all three are reshaped by the multimodal resources and facilities of new technologies, and points the way to rethinking learning and teaching in this environment. Jewitt takes the reader through an exhaustive analysis of teaching and learning with technology-mediated materials such as CD-ROMs, websites, the Internet, computer programming applications and computer games, relating each in turn to the main curriculum topics of English, Mathematics and Science. Through this detailed scrutiny the following questions emerge: - How do the new technologies reshape knowledge as curriculum? - How does the use of new technologies in the classroom reshape learning pedagogy? - As writing moves from page to screen, what is the impact on students' situated literacy practices and how does it effect learning? Through these questions, this book demonstrates that mode, technology and curriculum knowledge are fundamentally connected, and describes how teacher and students roles in the classroom could be altered in the face of new technologies. ...

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Author: Marcel Danesi

Tags: culture semiotics meaning semiosis sign semiosphere

Description: This text is designed to provide a basic introduction to semiotics and communication theory,This text is designed to provide a basic introduction to semiotics and communication theory, with plenty of examples from and applications to popular culture. It aims to make accessible the technical and often abstruse subject matter of sign theory in practical ways, with illustrations in such areas as myth, storytelling, television, advertising, clothing, and architecture. Without overwhelming, this introduction allows students and interested general readers to get a comprehensive look at what semiotics and communication theory are all about.
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Type: educational

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Authors: Gunther Kress Carey Jewitt

Tags: education semiotics meaning literacy multimodality semiosis

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Type: technical

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Authors: Paul J. Thibault Anthony Baldry

Tags: technology meaning discourse multimodality

Description: What are multimodal texts? How can we transcribe and analyse them? How can multimedia and internetWhat are multimodal texts? How can we transcribe and analyse them? How can multimedia and internet help us in multimodal discourse analysis? What postproduction and authoring skills are needed to analyse a multimodal text or to develop a corpus of multimodal texts? How does integrating multimedia meaning-making resources into hypertext multiply our meaning-making potential? How does the study of language relate to multimodality and multimedia, in particular in the e-learning age? How, and to what extent, will multimodal discourse analysis re-shape linguistics? In its attempt to provide answers to the questions raised above, and many others, this book proposes concrete solutions to the problems of multimodal text analysis and transcription of printed texts, websites and film. As such, it constitutes a much needed course in multimodal text transcription and analysis. It also suggests ways in which multimodal discourse analysis can help both educators and students understand how meaning is made in the e-learning environments that now play such an important role in our lives. In both these respects, readers are encouraged to use the book in conjunction with an associated and freely accessible website which provides many illustrations and exercises that further contextualise and exemplify the insights and descriptions provided by the book. As befits a coursebook, the individual chapters of the book are carefully organised in such a way as to provide a step-by-step progression in theoretical and descriptive complexity. ...

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Type: business

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Author: George Burr Leonard

Tags: learning meaning success practice growth fullfillment