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1. 1. Using Noise as a Compositional Tool with Different Perspectives

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musik

   Author : Merve Erez; [2020-06-04]
   Keywords : noise; everyday life; composition; extended techniques; japanoise; sound mimesis; daily life; futurism;

   Abstract : This thesis shows my approach to musical composition in relation to the usage of noise as a tool with a narrowed-down perspective. In contemporary art music, our ears got accommodated to noise. Noise also is everywhere in daily life. It is daily life itself. READ MORE

3. 2. From Unisemiotic to Polysemiotic Narratives: Translating across semiotic systems

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Karoliina Louhema; [2018]
   Keywords : bodily mimesis; cognitive semiotics; co-speech gestures; embodied narratives; experientiality; iconicity; ideophones; intersemiotic translation; language; mimetic schema; multimodality; narratives; phenomenology; pictorial semiotics; pictures; polysemiotic communication; semiotics; semiotic systems; sensory modalities; signs; sound symbolism; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Human communication is both polysemiotic and multimodal; it is comprised of ensembles of representations from different semiotic systems in different sensory modalities. These semiotic systems, such as language, gestures, and pictures consist of signs and relations between signs, with system-specific affordances (Kendon, 2004; Zlatev, 2009; Sonesson, 2014). READ MORE