Table of Contents

List of Figures xvi

List of Tables xix

Acknowledgments xxi

About the Companion Website xxiii

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

1.0 Introduction to the Book 3

1.1 Brief Introduction to Multimodal Discourse Analysis 19

Chapter 2 Background 25

2.0 Philosophical and Theoretical Background 27

2.1 Development of Scollon's Philosophical Thought 50

Chapter 3 Systematically Working with Multimodal Data Phase I 61

3.0 Phase I: Data Collection 63

3.1 Systematically Working with Small Data Sets/Data Pieces: Phase I Data Collection 86

3.2 Systematically Working with Medium-Sized Data Sets: Phase I Data Collection 93

3.3 Systematically Working with Large Data Sets: Phase I Data Collection 106

Chapter 4 Systematically Working with Multimodal Data Phase II 117

4.0 Phase II: Delineating the Data 119

4.1 Systematically Working with Small Data Sets/Data Pieces: Phase II Delineating the Data 129

4.2 Systematically Working with Medium-Sized Data Sets: Phase II Delineating the Data 137

4.3 Systematically Working with Large Data Sets: Phase II Delineating the Data 148

Chapter 5 Systematically Working with Multimodal Data: Phase III 159

5.0 Phase III: Selecting Data Pieces for Micro Analysis 161

5.1 Systematically Working with Small Data Sets/Data Pieces: Phase III Selecting Data Pieces for Micro Analysis 170

5.2 Systematically Working with Medium-Sized Data Sets: Phase III Selecting Data Pieces for Micro Analysis 178

5.3 Systematically Working with Large Data Sets: Phase III Selecting Data Pieces for Micro Analysis 187

Chapter 6 Systematically Working with Multimodal Data Phase IV 197

6 Phase IV: Transcribing Data Using Multimodal Transcription Conventions 199

Chapter 7 Systematically Working with Multimodal Data Phase V 233

7 Phase V: Using Analytical Tools 235

Chapter 8 Systematically Working with Multimodal Data: Guides for Instructors 267

8 A Quick Guide for Instructors 269

References 277

Index 296

About the Author

Sigrid Norris is Professor of Multimodal (Inter)action and Director of the AUT Multimodal Research Centre at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. She is editor of the international journal Multimodal Communication and author of Analyzing Multimodal Interaction (2004) and Identity in (Inter)action: Introducing Multimodal (Inter)action Analysis (2011).

Reviews

"In this volume, the author outlines a well-structured step-by-step guide that aims to help researchers from different fields and at different levels engage with the multimodal analysis of video data in a systematic, reliable way." - Iperstoria, Issue 15 - Spring/Summer 2020 (423-427)