Table of Contents
Table of Contents ... vii
List of Figures and Examples... ix
List of Tables ...x
CHAPTER I ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
INTRODUCTION ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
1.1 Background of Study ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
1.2 Research questions ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
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1.4 Significance of Study ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
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1.7 Clarification of the Terms ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
1.8 Organization of the Paper ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
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REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
2.1 The Need for Humor in Children’s Literature . Error! Bookmark not defined.
2.2 Theories of Humor ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
2.3 Children’s Need for Picturebooks ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
2.6 Related Studies ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
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RESEARCH METHOD ... 24
3.1 Research Design ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
3.2 Research Procedure ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
3.1 The Table of Transitivity analysis ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
3.2 The Table of Representational meanings ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
3.3 Synopsis ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
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FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
4.1 The Findings ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
4.1.1 Superiority humor from verbal and visual analysis: analysis of transitivity
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4.1.1.1 Analysis of transitivity ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
4.1.1.2 Analysis of representational meanings ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
4.1.2 Incongruity humor from verbal and visual analysis: analysis of transitivity
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4.1.2.1 Analysis of transitivity ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
4.1.2.2 Analysis of representational meanings ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
4.2 Discussions ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
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CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS ... Error! Bookmark not defined.
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Appendix 1: A List of Participants and humorous events ...………...59 Appendix 2: The Table of Humorous Events in Verbal and Visual Modes ....….60
Appendix 3: Transitivity Analysis of the Verbal Modes ………..75
Appendix 4: Representational Meanings of the Visual Modes …….…………...99
REFERENCES...133
List of Figures and Examples
Example 1: material processes ...32
Example 2: Material processes that happen in mental processes ...32
Example 3: Mental processes ...33
Figure 1: A transactional action and transactional reaction process ...36
Figure 2: Thought Bubble vector ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Figure 3: A transactional action process that happens in a mental process ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Figure 4: Asymmetrical alignment ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Example 4: Material processes showing contrary attitudes Error! Bookmark not defined. Example 5: A set of actors in material processes .. Error! Bookmark not defined. Example 6: Contradicting attitudes in verbal processes ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Example 7: Unexpected connections in verbal processes ... Error! Bookmark not defined. Example 8: Contradicting attitudes in behavioural processes ...45
Example 9: Unexpected response in behavioural processes ...46
Example 10: A set of Carriers in relational processes ... Error! Bookmark not
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Figure 5: A double-headed vector showing unexpected response in narrative
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Figure 6: Degradation in conceptual representations ... Error! Bookmark not
List of Tables
Table 2.1 Children and young adults’ needs for stories (Xeni, 2010) ... Error!
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Table 3.1 Transitivity analysis of the verbal modes ……….…………..…..28 Table 3.2 Representational meanings of the visual modes ….………...……...…28 Appendix 1: A List of Participants and humorous events ...………...59 Appendix 2: The Table of Humorous Events in Verbal and Visual Modes ....….60
Appendix 3: Transitivity Analysis of the Verbal Modes ………..75