The phenomenon of multimodality has, as Jewitt observes,
generated interest "across many disciplines...against the backdrop
of considerable social change." Contemporary societies are
grappling with the social implications of the rapid increase in
sophistication and range of multimodal practices, particularly
within interactive digital media, so that the study of
multimodality also becomes essential within an increasing range of
practical domains. As a result of this increasing interest in
multimodality, scholars, teachers and practitioners are on the one
hand uncovering many different issues arising from its study, such
as those of theory and methodology, while also exploring
multimodality within an increasing range of domains.
Such an increase and range of interest in multimodality heralds
the emergence of a distinct multimodal studies field: as both the
mapping of a domain of enquiry, and as the site of the development
of theories, descriptions and methodologies specific to and adapted
for the study of multimodality. The present volume presents a range
of works by an impressive international roster of contributors who
both explore issues arising from the study of multimodality and
explore the scope of this emerging field within specific domains of
multimodal phenomena. Contributors aim to show that each individual
work and works in general within multimodal studies represent a
dialectic or complementarity between the exploration of issues of
general significance to multimodal studies and the exploration of
specific domains of multimodality; while characterizing specific
works as tending to some degree towards one or other of these main
areas of focus. Such a characterization is seen as part of a move
towards the identification and thus development of a distinct field
of multimodal studies.
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