The discourse structure of video games
A multimodal discourse semantics approach to game tutorials
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4358445 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Janina Wildfeuer (0000-0002-1330-8800, University of Groningen, corresponding author), Dušan Stamenković (0000-0002-0121-4591, University of Nis) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 82 |
| Pages | 28-51 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language & Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0271-5309 • E-ISSN: 1873-3395 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.langcom.2021.11.005 |
| OpenAlex | W4200225833 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 27 |
The article proposes a multimodal discourse semantics approach to the analysis of video game tutorials that provides a discourse pragmatic analysis of the game canvases in these tutorials. The study mainly builds on linguistic approaches to formal dynamic discourse semantics that have already been successfully applied to other multimodal artefacts. The article will showcase the application of the resulting ‘logic of multimodal discourse interpretation’ to two specific cases of video game tutorials. This will outline particular discourse relations holding between events and segments in the tutorials as distinctive features of this video game genre and show the discursive patterns of these instructions
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |