Theo Van Leeuwen

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Theo Van Leeuwen is the dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Technology, Sydney.^[1]

Van Leeuwen studied linguistics at the University of Sydney, and taught communication theory at Macquarie University and the London College of Printing. He is one of the main developers of the sub-field of social semiotics.^[2] He has also taught courses at the Universities of Amsterdam, Vancouver, Vienna, Madrid, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Auckland. His books include Introducing Social Semiotics and Reading Images: The Grammar of Visual Design which he co-authored with Gunther Kress.

Selected bibliography

Introducing Social Semiotics (2005) ISBN 0-415-24943-0
Kress, Gunther R. ; Van Leeuwen, Theo (1996). Reading Images: The Grammar of Visual Design. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-31915-3.

References

↑ Farrelly, Elizabeth (28 May 2009). "Read all about it: to hell with free speech and long live the sponsors". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
↑ "How a car's horn says: "Buy me"". BBC News. 14 January 2005. Retrieved 8 June 2010.

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