List of Abbreviations
List of Figures and Tables
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Background to the Study
1.1.1 Motivations for Studying Multimodality
1.1.2 Motivations for Studying Genre
1.1.3 Motivations for Studying PTs Written in English
1.1.4 Multimodality and Genre
1.2 Methodology and Data
1.2. 1 Data Selection
1.2. 2 The Corpus
1.2.3 Content Analysis
1.2.4 Categorization of Verbal Contents
1.2. 5 Categorization of Visual Contents
1.3 Objectives of the Research
1.4 Organization of the Book
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2. 1 Defining Multimodality
2. 1.1 Approaches to Multimodality
2. 1.2 Investigating Intersemiotic Relations
2. 1.3 Assessment of the Previous Study
2.2 Genre studies: From Verbal to Visual
2. 2. 1 Genre Study of Verbal Mode
2.2.2 From Genre to Multimodality
2. 2.3 Assessment of the Previous Study
2.3 Study of Textbooks
2. 3.1 Textbooks and Pedagogy
2. 3.2 Textbooks and Disciplines
2.3.3 Textbooks and Ideology
2.3.4 Multimodal Study of Textbooks
2. 3.5 Studies of PTs
2. 3.6 Assessment of the Previous Study
2.4 Summary
Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework
3.1 The Framework for Multimodal Analysis of Genres in PTs
3.2 General Features of PTs
3.2. 1 Disciplinary Characteristics of Psychology
3.2.2 Disciplinary Practice of Psychology
3.2.3 Readers of PTs
3.3 Martin''s Genre Theory
3.3.1 Classificational Reports and Compositional Reports
3.3.2 Procedures and Procedural Accounts
3.3.3 Defining Genre in the Current Study
3.4 Social Semiotic Theory
3.5 Systemic Functional Linguistics
3.5.1 Metafunction
3.5.2 Stratification and Realization
3.5.3 Instantiation
3.6 Visual culture Theory: A Complementary Perspective
3.6. 1 Defining Visuals in the Research Project
3.6.2 Latour and Tufte''s Theories of Visual Representation
3.6. 3 Lynch''s Theory of Visualization
3.6.4 Kostelnick and Hassett''s Theory of Visual Conventions
3.6.5 Visual Classification
3.7 Summary
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Chapter 4 Verbal Constrections of Genres
Chapter 5 Visual Constructions of Genres
Chapter 6 Multinodal Constructions of Genres
Chapter 7 Conclusion
Appendix 1 List of PTs in the Study
Appendix 2 Data Sanples from PTs
Appendix 3 Data Sources form Psychological Journals
Appendix 4 Data Sanples from Psychological Journals
References
Acknowledgements
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