InChapterFour,theintroductiontothemoviestoriesandespeciallytheextractsof
themovieisfollowedbyfourMDA
case
studies.Andeach
case
includes
a
comparison
on
、Ⅳiththeoriginalstoryofthenovelofthesameshot
and
an
analysis
a
based
the
proposedmodel.Attheendofthischapter,aconclusionismadetolist
fewcommon
Thelast
chapterwillmake
an
overall
conclusion,andsummarize
the
major
findingsoftheresearch,thetheoreticalthenfindoutthelimitations
and
practicalcontributionsofthe
research,and
and
suggestthefurtherdirectionsforresearch.
1.5Summary
As
a
partofCriticalDiscourse
Analysis,Multimodal
DiscourseAnalysisisnow
ofintemetcontributes
drawing
to
moreattentionfromtheacademic
world.Thepopularity
thequickdevelopmentofMDAresearches,inthatthenewmeaningconstruction
processinvolvesmultiplemodessuchasimages,color,musicandspeech.Againstthisbackground,inspiredbytheworkofKress&Leeuwen(1996,2006),O’Halloran(2004)andBaldry
andThibault(2000),thisthesis
paper
focuses
on
the
MDA
ofthedynamic
indifferent
a
movietext.However,theformerresearchershaveexploredinthis
perspectivesbut
none
subject
ofthemsetsup
a
practical
and
operationaltoolfor
dynamic
movietext.Andthedetailedliteraturereviewofthispaper
chapter.
will
bepresentedinnext
.
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