Chapter One Introduction 1.1 Introductory remarks 1.2 Studies on children's picture books 1.3 Muhimodality and instantiation 1.4 Data description 1.5 Objectives and significance of the study 1.6 Organisation of the book Chapter Two Literature Renew 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Approaches to muhimodality 2.2.1 Social semiotic muhimodality 2.2.2 Multimodal discourse analysis 2.2.3 Multimodal interaction analysis 2.3 Studies on the genre of story 2.3.1 A review of studies on picture books 2.3.2 Relation between word and image in children's picture books 2.4 Summary Chapter Three Theoretical Foundations 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Some basic tenets of SFL 3.2.1 The cline of instantiation 3.2.2 Metafunctional diversification 3.3 Metafunctional framework for analysing visual semiotic resources 3.3.1 The framework of visual grammar 3.3.2 Visual narrative framework 3.4 Interrelations between verbal and visual semiotic systems 3.4.1 The logico-semantic relations on image-text relations 3.4.2 Intersemiosis among different semiotic systems 3.4.3 The intermodal complementarity framework 3.4.4 The intersemiotic complementarity framework 3.5 Summary Chapter Four The Synergy of Visual and Verbal Semiotics in Creating Engagement 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Interpersonal features of images in Chinese children's picture books 4.2.1 Involving FOCALISATION 4.2.2 Representing AFFECT 4.2.3 Construing AMBIENCE 4.2.4 Visual GRADUATION 4.3 Inscribed and invoked ATTITUDE in images 4.4 The interplay of verbal and visual semiotics in creating engagement 4.4.1 Interpersonal meanings in verbal text 4.4.2 Interpersonal meanings in images 4.4.3 Analysing interpersonal intersemiotic complementarity 4.4.4 Analysing the commitment of interpersonal meaning 4.5 Summary Chapter Five The Interplay of Visual and Verbal Semiotics in Processing Reality 5.1 Introduction 5.2 The analysis of representational features of images 5.2.1 The representation of participants 5.2.2 Construing the processes 5.2.3 Creating circumstances 5.3 The synergy of image and verbiage in representing narrative reality 5.3.1 Representing the narrative reality through language 5.3.2 The representation of characters and reality through images 5.3.3 The analysis of ideational intersemiotic complementarity 5.3.4 Analysing the ideational commitment 5.4 Summary Chapter Six The Interplay of Visual and Verbal Semiotics in Creating Messages 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Composing visual space in picture books 6.2.1 Investigating the layout 6.2.2 Establishing visual framing 6.2.3 Mapping out focus groups 6.3 The interplay of image and verbiage in composing visual space 6.3.1 Textual analysis of the tale 6.3.2 Visual analysis of the images 6.3.3 The interplay of words and images at the textual level 6.3.4 The analysis of different commitment of meaning 6.4 Summary Chapter Seven Conclusion 7.1 Introduction 7.2 A recount of the research findings 7.2.1 The cohesive relations between the verbal and visual semiotics within Chinese children's picture books 7.2.2 Different commitment of meaning related to the verbal and visual semiotics 7.3 Contribution of the study 7.4 Limitations and suggestions for future research References Appendix
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