Drawn From The Ground: Sound, Sign And Inscription In Central Australian Sand Stories (language Culture And Cognition)
by Dr Jennifer Green /
2014 / English / PDF
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Sand stories from Central Australia are a traditional form of
Aboriginal women's verbal art that incorporates speech, song, sign,
gesture and drawing. Small leaves and other objects may be used to
represent story characters. This detailed study of Arandic sand
stories takes a multimodal approach to the analysis of the stories
and shows how the expressive elements used in the stories are
orchestrated together. This richly illustrated volume is essential
reading for anyone interested in language and communication. It
adds to the growing recognition that language encompasses much more
than speech alone, and shows how important it is to consider the
different semiotic resources a culture brings to its communicative
tasks as an integrated whole rather than in isolation.
Sand stories from Central Australia are a traditional form of
Aboriginal women's verbal art that incorporates speech, song, sign,
gesture and drawing. Small leaves and other objects may be used to
represent story characters. This detailed study of Arandic sand
stories takes a multimodal approach to the analysis of the stories
and shows how the expressive elements used in the stories are
orchestrated together. This richly illustrated volume is essential
reading for anyone interested in language and communication. It
adds to the growing recognition that language encompasses much more
than speech alone, and shows how important it is to consider the
different semiotic resources a culture brings to its communicative
tasks as an integrated whole rather than in isolation.
