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3.3 Summary.............22
Chapter Four MULTIMODAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF WINTER OLYMPICEMBLEMS.............25
4.1 Winter Olympic Games and Emblems...... 25
4.2 Representational Meaning......26
4.3 Interactive Meaning...... 33
4.4 Compositional Meaning..........44
4.5 Summary..............48
Chapter Five CONCLUSION.........51
5.1 Major Findings.............. 51
5.2 Limitations and Suggestions............ 52

CHAPTER FOUR MULTIMODAL DISCOURSE ANALYSISOF WINTER OLYMPIC EMBLEMS

VG and its three meanings have been introduced in details in the last chapter, Inthis chapter, taking into account the importance of Winter Olympic emblems, VG isused to analyze 23 emblems to find out how they combine verbal and visual modalitiesto convey social value and cultural meaning.

4.1 Winter Olympic Games and Emblems

Winter Olympic Games belong to Olympic Games. It is a worldwide sports gamethat is held every four years. Organized by IOC (International Olympic Committee),Winter Olympic Games have been held for more than 90 years since 1924. Although itsreputation is not as good as Summer Olympic games, it still has its own charming.What’s more, Beijing China is the hosting place of the 24th Games. It will be the firstcity to hold both Summer and Winter Olympic Games. This is the unparalleled honor ofChina, but the correct choice of IOC. Here we can see that not only the publicity of thisgame is rising, but the strength and power of China is on the increase.The idea of Winter Olympic Games was put forward in 1901. However, somecountries did not vote for it. Until 1924, the first game was held in Chamonix France.Until 2014, there are total 22 games. The last was held in Sochi in 2014.The winter sports are developed with the work and life of the people who live inthe area surrounded by ice and snow. Norway is good at these sports. Other countriessuch as Japan, Canada all have a long history of skiing. According to the historicalmaterial, the earliest skiing in China can be traced back to the Sui and Tang dynasty.Before these games went into the arena, some European countries established the skiingarmy due to the geographical condition. After the World War II, skiing stood for elegantand luxury. Skating is another part of winter games. It can date back to more than 2000years. In Qing dynasty, skating was an entertainment for Royalty.

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CONCLUSION

In the last four chapters, the author introduces the background, significance,purpose of the study. Then literature review and theoretical framework are introduced.The former chapter analyzed 23 Winter Olympic emblems with VG. It is the mostimportant part of this study. In this chapter, major findings of this study will be made.Then some limitations of present study as well as suggestions for further study areproposed.The Visual Grammar, which is extended from the Functional Grammar, is thetheoretical framework of this study. This study conducts a multimodal analysis of the 23Winter Olympic emblems, laying emphasis on the three meanings of image in VisualGrammar respectively, namely representational meaning, interactive meaning andcompositional meaning. It analyzes the Winter Olympic emblems as a whole ofmulti-semiotics. It proves that Visual Grammar is practical in analyzing emblems.According to the above analysis we can