作为社会符号的语言

多模态语篇分析是指超越作为社会符号的语言，使用两种或者多种符号资源完成意义构建的社会实践。

Multimodal discourse analysis is a set of practices which entails going beyond language as social semiotic and making use of two or multiple semiotic resources for meaning making .

多模态话语是一系列超越了作为社会符号的语言，使用两种或者多种符号资源（语言、图像、音乐、空间、手势等）完成意义建构的社会实践。

Multimodal discourse is a set of practices which entails going beyond language as social semiotic and making use of two or multiple semiotic resources for meaning making , for instance , language , visual images , music , space , gesture and so on .

系统功能语法强调作为社会符号的语言必须在社会语境中进行研究。

Systemic-Functional Grammar emphasizes linguistic researches on languages as a kind of social semiotic that should be conducted within the social context .