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Chapter 4
Model of Description and Task of Analysis
4.1.Introduction
Having discussed a concrete example of a
model of
content
description*
applied
to a corpus of
audiovisual texts*
in Chapter 3, in this chapter we shall evoke more
general consequences relating, on the one hand, to the hierarchical and syntagmatic
structure of any model of description and, on the other hand, to the analytical task
devoted to the textual object.
In section 4.2, we shall very briefly discuss the main constituents of a model of
description.
In section 4.3, we shall give a general overview of the canonic syntagmatic order
of a model of description which, at the same time, determines every concrete
analytical scenario. By “syntagmatic order”, we mean the structure of succession of
the main sequences according to which the process of analyzing an audiovisual text
is carried out.
In section 4.4, we give a more detailed discussion of the distinction - which, to
us, appears crucial - between
four hierarchical levels
for correctly dealing with and
modeling the task of analysis. The distinction to which we refer is drawn between:
i) the
type
of analysis;
ii) the
task
of analysis making up a type of analysis;
iii) the
procedure
of description according to which a task of analysis is carried
out; and finally,
