Modelling Paralanguage Using Systemic Functional Semiotics

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  • Zappavigna & Martin's ‘Linguistic, ‘Epilinguistic, And Protolinguistic Body Language
  • The Confusion That Invalidates The Authors' Model Of Paralinguistic Identification/Deixis
  • Some Of The Problems With The Paralinguistic System Networks
  • Confusing Semantic Entities With The Gestures That Realise Them
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  • Misapplying A Confusion Of Ideational And Interpersonal Meaning To A Representation Of Protolanguage [2]
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  • Questioning The Notion Of Protolinguistic Body Language
  • Misrepresenting Protolinguistic Body Language As Non-Semiotic ("Somatic")
  • Some Problems With Paralinguistic Hyper-New
  • The Notion Of Ideational Triggers For Affect Reconsidered
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  • Syntagmatic Units Of Content And Notional Definitions Of Metafunctions
  • Problems With The Semovergence Of Discourse Semantics And Paralanguage
  • Drawing, Music And Dance As Creolised Paralanguage And The Authors' Model Of Intermodality
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