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.weiterlesen