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Rhythm in Multimodal Texts
- Leonardo
- The MIT Press
- Volume 33, Number 4, August 2000
- pp. 289-297
- Article
- Additional Information
The author presents a hierarchical model of rhythm in language, music and action and applies it to the integration of these semiotic modes in multimodal texts. The model distinguishes between rhythm and meter; meter is shown to synchronize the rhythmic hierarchies of musical instruments, as well as of voice, music and action. The author identifies the meanings conveyed by varieties of multimodal synchronization.