Bridging theories: A logical-functional perspective on languages
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Sidnéa Nunes Ferreira
Her research interests include social semiotics, verbal and visual relationships, multimodality, and discourse analysis. Her publications include ‘Textoimagem: Reconhecendo o multimodal ao nosso redor’ (with G. Gil, 2005).
Abstract
The objective of this article is to contribute to the understanding of the functional specialization of languages. It offers a logical-functional perspective on the topic by establishing correspondences between the theories of three scholars: Peirce, Santaella, and Halliday. Through both an analysis of visual examples and a discussion of the literature, it proposes that the sonorous, the visual, and the verbal, in deep association with human senses, have evolved as specialized matrices mainly to fulfill interpersonal, ideational, and textual semiotic functions, respectively.
About the author
Her research interests include social semiotics, verbal and visual relationships, multimodality, and discourse analysis. Her publications include ‘Textoimagem: Reconhecendo o multimodal ao nosso redor’ (with G. Gil, 2005).
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