Language, Society and Consciousness - The Collected Works of Ruqaiya Hasan Vol 1 - Ruqaiya Hasan†
7 Semiotic Mediation and Mental Development in Pluralistic Societies: some implications for tomorrow’s schooling
Language, Society and Consciousness - The Collected Works of Ruqaiya Hasan Vol 1 - Ruqaiya Hasan†
Ruqaiya Hasan† [+]
Macquarie University
Ruqaiya Hasan, who died in 2015, was a professor of linguistics who taught and held visiting positions at various universities in England. Her last appointment was at Macquarie University, Australia, from where she retired as Emeritus Professor in 1994. Throughout her career she researched and published widely in the areas of verbal art, culture, context and text, text and texture, lexicogrammar and semantic variation.
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It is the aim of this chapter to begin an exploration of the concept of cultural activity in relation to semiotic mediation by using the modality of language.