Journal Article

A Multimodel Critical Discourse Analysis of English Children's Fictional Movies

Abbas, Huda Fadhil

2023

Overview

Despite the increasing number of studies devoted to multimodal discourse analysis, there are still fields that require it, such as the study of children's fiction, because of knowledge gaps concerning analysis of the linguistic and non-linguistic components of discourse, and their respective roles in achieving objectives. The study's premise is that while creators of children's films make use of both linguistic and non-linguistic elements, the latter are relied on more strongly. In addition, the study concludes that the linguistic components have a more significant impact on transmitting the speaker's thoughts and attitudes than the nonlinguistic ones do on capturing the audience's attention. The study used both theoretical and practical methods to get to its conclusions and validate its hypotheses. Multimodal discourse's theoretical framework was offered, which covered its history, definition, and guiding principles to illustrate the procedures of theory. For the methods section, we looked at how Fairclough (2001) and Kress and Van Leeuwen (2006)'s chosen model applied to our chosen film. This study uses a qualitative approach, with the analysis of each film scene serving as a metaphor for the qualitative research technique used.

• Publisher: الجمعية العلمية للدراسات التربوية المستدامة
• Subject: الاستعارة المكانية / القصص الخيالية / اللغويات والصوتيات / تفكيك الأطفال