Theo Van Leeuwen is the dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Technology, Sydney

University of Technology, Sydney

The University of Technology Sydney is a university in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The university was founded in its current form in 1981, although its origins trace back to the 1870s. UTS is notable for its central location as the only university with its main campuses within the Sydney CBD...

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Van Leeuwen studied linguistics

Linguistics

Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....

 at the University of Sydney

University of Sydney

The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...

, and taught communication theory

Communication theory

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 at Macquarie University and the London College of Printing. He is one of the main developers of the sub-field of Social Semiotics

Social semiotics

Social semiotics is a branch of the field of semiotics which investigates human signifying practices in specific social and cultural circumstances, and which tries to explain meaning-making as a social practice. Semiotics, as originally defined by Ferdinand de Saussure, is "the science of the life...

. 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

Gunther Kress

Gunther Kress is Professor of Semiotics and Education in the Department of Learning, Curriculum & Communication at the Institute of Education of the University of London.-External links:**...

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Selected bibliography

• Introducing Social Semiotics (2005) ISBN 0415249430
• Reading Images: The Grammar of Visual Design (1996) 0415106001