摘 要
本文首先对前人在多模式话语分析中的研究成果进行分析总结，然后结合符号学以及网络语言的相关理论，分析了当代大学生在MSN的聊天过程中的对多模式话语的运用情况。文章共收集了30组MSN网络聊天的数据，并从多模式语言的角度对数据进行了分析与分类，试图从研究中找出人们，尤其是当代大学生使用多模式网络语言的规律特点以及多模式语言如何巧妙的帮助人们完成情感交流。
关键词：多模式话语；研究；MSN网络聊天
ABSTRACT
This paper first summarizes and analyzes the previous research achievements of multimodal discourse analysis. And then combines some relative theories of semiotics and network languages to analyze the multimodal discourses used in the MSN chatting language of the students in universities. This paper collected 30 groups of MSN chatting language data. By analyzing the collected data, I attempt to find out the rules and characters of the multimodal discourses used during the MSN chatting and how they help people, especially the students in the universities, to accomplish their emotional communication.
Keywords：multimodal discourse; research; MSN chatting language
Contents
1. Introduction 1
2. Literature Review on Multimodal Discourse and Theoretical Framework Analysis 2
2.1 Study Abroad 2
2.1.1 Semiotic Theories of Saussure and Peirce 2
2.1.2 Theories of Social Semiotics 3
2.1.3 The Multimodal Discourse Framework of Kress and Leeuwen 3
2.2 Study at Home 4
3. Language on the Internet 7
3.1 Definition and classification of Language on the Internet 7
3.1.1 Definition of the Language on the Internet 7
3.1.2 Classification of the Language on the Internet 8
4. Multimodal Discourse Analysis to MSN Chatting Language 10
4.1 MSN Language Data Collection 10
4.2 Calculation and Classification of Multimodal Discourse in the MSN Language Data 11
4.3 Specific Analysis to the MSN Language Data 14
4.3.1 Category One: Language, Color, and Font 15
4.3.2 Category Two: Image, Flash, Number and Emoticons 15
4.3.3 Category Three: Video, Music, and Hypertext 18
5. Conclusion 20
Acknowledgements 21
