Multimodal construction of ‘rule of law’ in Chinese anti-corruption public service advertisements
A social semiotic approach
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/ijsll.38611Keywords:
construal, rule of law, anti-corruption, visual semiotic resources, multimodal appraisal analysisReferences
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