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Acknowledgements
List of figures,tables and pictures
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Contemporary communication
1.2 Sports and national identity
1.3 Beijing Olympic Games and Chinese national identity
1.4 The structure of the thesis
Chapter 2 Nation,Nationalism and National Identity
2.1 Identity studies：from essentialism to constructionism
2.2 Related concepts to national identity
2.2.1 Different approaches to nation
2.2.2 State and nation-state
2.2.3 Nationalism
2.2.4 Definition of national identity
2.3 Assumptions about national identity
2.3.1 National identity as social identity
2.3.2 National identity as collective identity
2.3.3 National identity：An interactive construct
2.3.4 Multi-dimensional representation of national identity
2.3.5 Multiple empirical referents to national identity
2.4 The discursive construction of national identity
2.5 Current researches on Chinese national identity
2.6 Towards multimodal discursive construction of national identity
Chapter 3 Multimodality Research：A New Frontier for Multi-semiotic Meaning Making
3.1 Studies of semiotic meaning-making mechanism
3.1.1 Founding fathers of semiotics revisited
3.1.2 Social semiotics
3.1.3 Summary
3.2 Critical discourse analysis：disconrse as social practice
3.2.1 Fairclough：The distinction between Discourse(s)and discourse(s)
3.2.2 Wodak：discourse as a macro-topic concept and a particular occurrence
3.2.3 Van Dijk：a multidisciplinary notion of discourse
3.2.4 Kress and Van Leeuwen：discourse as the semiosic plane in semiosis
3.2.5 Summary
3.3 Critical social semiotics
3.3.1 Multimodal theory of communication
3.3.2 Modes and media
3.3.3 Multimodal text
3.3.4 Multiple articulation of meaning
3.3.5 Reflections on Kress and Van Leeuwen's multimodal theory
Chapter 4 Proposed Frameworks for Multimodal Discourse Analysis
4.1 Multimodal realization of discourse
4.1.1 Mode identification
4.1.2 Mode involvement
4.1.3 Mode interaction
4.1.4 Strategy and multimodal discourse as social practice
4.2 A three-stage meaning-making model
4.2.1 Cultivation
4.2.2 Realization
4.2.3 Distribution
4.2.4 Relationship between the three stages
Chapter 5 Multimodal Discursive Construction of Chinese National Identity
5.1 A plethora of multi-semiotic resources as data
5.2 Multimodal realization of Chinese national identity
5.2.1 Modes,sub-modes and media deployed
5.2.2 Mode involvement
5.2.3 Intersemiosis
5.2.4 Strategy
5.2.5 Summary
5.3 The Beijing Olympic emblem：An illustration of three-stage multimodal meaning making
5.3.1 Cultivation：digging Chinese culture
5.3.2 Realization：A witness of the Chinese nation's commitment
5.3.3 Distribution：meaning enhanced and enriched
5.3.4 Chinese Seal-Dancing Beijing and Chinese national identity
5.4 Discussion
5.4.1 Chinese national identity as a multimodal discursive construct
5.4.2 Multi-dimensional representation of Chinese national identity
5.4.3 Multiple empirical referents to Chinese national identity
Chapter 6 Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendix：Data source
