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Social Semiotics Volume 26, 2016 - Issue 4: The Languages of Performing Arts: Semiosis, Communication and Meaning-Making. Guest editors: Maria Grazia Sindoni, Janina Wildfeuer and Kay O’Halloran
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From book to stage to screen: semiotic transformations of Gothic horror genre conventions

Sabine TanSchool of Education, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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Peter WignellSchool of Education, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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Kay L. O’HalloranSchool of Education, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 404-423 | Published online: 31 May 2016

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