The Semiotics of Toys and Games - The Childhood Artefacts That Introduce Us to the World

Combining social semiotics with a design-oriented perspective on learning, this book shows how toys and games transform how children learn to understand and act in the world.

About the author

Theo Van Leeuwen is Professor of Language and Communication at the University of Southern Denmark, Emeritus Professor at the University of Technology, Sydney, and Honorary Professor at the University of New South Wales, Lancaster University and Cardiff University.Staffan Selander is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences at Stockholm University, Sweden.

Product details

• Authors: Selander Staffan, Theo Van Leeuwen
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 19.03.2026
• EAN: 9781350324930
• ISBN: 978-1-350-32493-0
• No. of pages: 236
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: Bloomsbury Advances in Semiotics
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Sociolinguistics, Semiotics / semiology, Pre-school and kindergarten