语气隐喻及其在政治语篇中的应用

Metaphors of Mood and its Function in Political Discourse

语法隐喻是系统功能语言学的一个重要组成部分。语法隐喻可分为概念隐喻和人际隐喻,其中人际隐喻又可分为语气隐喻和情态隐喻。语气系统涉及四个言语功能:提供、命令、陈述和疑问,其功能的实现过程涉及非一致式的实现方式,即语气隐喻。研究语气隐喻可以帮助分析人际关系和会话意义;应用于政治实践,可以为政治问题的分析与解决提供新思路。解读政治语篇中的语气隐喻有助于更好地把握交际双方的观点和态度,并加深读者对语篇的理解。

Grammatical metaphor（GM） is an important concept in systemic functional linguistics.GM is divided into ideational GM and interpersonal GM,while interpersonal GM is further divided into metaphors of mood and metaphors of modality.The system of mood involves four speech functions： offer,command,statement and question.The incongruent transference in the realization of these functions is the metaphors of mood.The study of metaphors of mood can help us analyze interpersonal relationship and conversational implicature.Metaphors of mood are pervasive in political practice and thus conducive to analyzing political situation and solving political problems.Analysis of metaphors of mood in political discourse can help readers detect the viewpoints and attitudes of participants involved in the communication process and better understand the discourse.