Multimodal Communication and Soft Skills Development

Diana Costea

ISBN 10: 363187524X / ISBN 13: 9783631875247

Published by Peter Lang Aug 2022, 2022

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Neuware -Multimodality is the notion which stands behind the most fertile investigations in communication and language studies nowadays. Multimodal depiction of the surrounding world helps the child to better conceptualise, objectify, and reify abstract notions. Even before children learn to talk, they activate their soft skills, the so-called life/human competences or social skills, and they employ multimodal communication pertaining to gestures and sounds in order to interact. Therefore, when knowledge of the brain and body intertwines with social and emotional intelligence, it fosters human dialogue and it enhances our communication. Offering great insight into the evolution of theoretical and analytical approaches to multimodal meaning construction and soft skills development, this volume is an indispensable resource for (under)graduate students and researchers in applied linguistics, semiotics, media and communication studies, ELT Methodology, and psychology. 324 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Multimodal Communication and Soft Skills Development
• Publisher: Peter Lang Aug 2022
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 363187524X
• ISBN 13: 9783631875247
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 153H x 23D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 153 millimeters height by 23 millimeters depth
• Weight: 533 grams

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Synopsis

Multimodality is the notion which stands behind the most fertile investigations in
communication and language studies nowadays. Multimodal depiction of the surrounding
world helps the child to better conceptualise, objectify, and reify abstract
notions. Even before children learn to talk, they activate their soft skills, the so-called
life/human competences or social skills, and they employ multimodal communication
pertaining to gestures and sounds in order to interact. Therefore, when knowledge
of the brain and body intertwines with social and emotional intelligence, it
fosters human dialogue and it enhances our communication. Offering great insight
into the evolution of theoretical and analytical approaches to multimodal meaning
construction and soft skills development, this volume is an indispensable resource
for (under)graduate students and researchers in applied linguistics, semiotics, media
and communication studies, ELT Methodology, and psychology.

About the Author

Maria-Ionela Neagu is Associate Professor in the Philology Department of Petroleum-
Gas University of Ploiesti and a committed researcher whose major fields of study
range from English linguistics, Critical Discourse Analysis, argumentation theory and
cognitive semantics to applied linguistics and ELT methodology. She has published
widely in reputed academic journals and proceedings of national and international
conferences.
Diana Costea is Associate Professor in the Philology Department, Faculty of Letters
and Sciences, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti. Her main research interests are
related to the field of French textual linguistics. Her publications include numerous
scientific papers presented at national and international conferences, as well as
scholarly articles and monographs on the French morpho-syntactic patterns.