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Table 3 Illustrations of the coding examples provided in the article, related to elements, denotation, connotation, action focus, and speech, applied in a grid template

From: Analysing videos in educational research: an “Inquiry Graphics” approach for multimodal, Peircean semiotic coding of video data

Video scene (optional: video image)

Representamen (Representation focus)

Interpretant Sense vehicle

Action focus

Speech

Research Object

Time duration

List

No.

Denotation (ED)

Connotation (EC)

 

Elements

1) man/body//hand//face

2) screen

3) laptop

1) 1/1//2//1

2) 1

3) many

1) a young adult male is raising his hand, eyes and eyebrows in an expression signalling emotional discomfort

1) a male student in an English speaking environment is seeking permission from the lecturer to speak, looking distressed, and asks to leave the seminar room

Hand: raising/seeking permission

“Can I please leave the session now?”

Interpretations depends on research questions and focus.