从语法隐喻理论视角看英语新闻语篇中的中国形象建构

The Construction of China's Image in English News Texts:A View from Grammatical Metaphor Theory

运用系统功能语言学语法隐喻理论,从语法隐喻理论的概念隐喻和人际隐喻视角,研究美国主流新闻媒体《美国有线电视新闻网》(CNN)新闻报道中的中国形象是如何通过话语被负面构建的。研究发现,使用概念隐喻、情态隐喻和语气隐喻是新闻工作者表达政治立场的观点的手段之一,旨在提高公众对外媒报道的批判性阅读意识,对构建并维护我国良好的国家形象提供参考。

Based on the Grammatical Metaphor theory of Systemic Functional Linguistics, this paper explores how the national image of China in foreign media news reports is negatively constructed through discourse by analyzing the CNN news reports. It is found that CNN news reporters express their political stances by using ideational metaphor, metaphor of modality and metaphor of mood. This paper aims to improve the public's critical reading awareness of foreign media reports and provide reference for the construction and maintenance of Chinese positive national image.