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Acknowledgements
List of Figures
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 The Gala and the text
1.2 "Bus Concerto" as a crosstalk: focus on semiotics of language
1.3 "Bus Concerto" as a stage performance: focus on non-linguistic semiotics
1.4 "Bus Concerto" as a media construct
1.5 Reasons and scope for analysis
1.6 Research questions
1.7 Summary
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Visual "grammar": Kress and Van Leeuwen
2.3 Intersemiotic complementarity: Royce
2.4 Computer-assisted approach: O'Halloran and Baldry
2.5 Summary
Chapter Three Theoretical Framework
3.1 Introduction: setting the scene
3.2 History of context: viewed from a SFL perspective
3.3 Context of Situation: its parameters
3.3.1 Field: type of social action
3.3.2 Tenor: the role structure
3.3.3 Mode: the symbolic organization
3.4 Material Situational Setting
Chapter Four Analysis and Discussion
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Material Situational Setting: landscape of the activity
4.2.1 Stage design: the props
4.2.2 Dress codes: the costume
4.3 Context of Situation: language in use
4.3.1 Field of the text
4.3.2 Tenor of the text
4.3.3 Mode of the text
4.4 Context of Situation: production of the text
4.4.1 Field: focus on cue music
4.4.2 Tenor: who are the roles
4.4.3 Mode: what are the channels involved
4.5 Summary: representation of the migrant worker Wang
Chapter Five Conclusion
5.1 Major findings
5.2 Limitations and suggestions for future research
References
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