Drawn from the Ground

Sound, Sign and Inscription in Central Australian Sand Stories

AvJennifer Green

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

Del 13 i serien Language Culture and Cognition

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-08-22
Mått:152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt:430 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Language Culture and Cognition
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781316645369

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Etnicitet inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Jennifer Green is a Research Fellow in the School of Languages and Linguistics at the University of Melbourne. She has over 30 years' experience working on projects documenting indigenous languages, history and visual arts.

Recensioner i media

'It is a commonplace to note that humans communicate with one another in many different ways. It is rare, however, to encounter analyses of human communication which display analytically the complex nature of how the semiotic ensemble humans make use of may be organised. Drawn from the Ground is an outstanding example of such an analysis. Besides being a very significant contribution to our understanding of an important and interesting cultural practice among central Australian Aborigines, this book is remarkable for the insightful way in which it demonstrates how diverse semiotic modalities function in relation to one another. An extremely valuable piece of work.' Adam Kendon, University of Pennsylvania and University College London

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction; 2. Sand stories as social and cultural practice; 3. Catching a move as it flies: multimodal data collection; 4. Lines in the sand; 5. Body-anchored and airborne action; 6. Ordering, re-drawing and erasure; 7. Vocal style in sand stories; 8. Crossing boundaries.