《纽约时报》中美贸易摩擦新闻标题概念隐喻分析

A Metaphorical Analysis on Sino-American Trade Friction Headlines in New York Times

基于Lakoff和Johnson的概念隐喻理论,结合文献分析法和话语分析法,本文探讨了《纽约时报》关于中美贸易摩擦新闻标题中所运用的方位、战争、拟人、动物、转喻和修辞问句等话语表征,归纳出新闻标题所蕴含的简约、夺目、震撼乃至诗性特征,这些隐喻手法增加了新闻的可读性和趣味性,并为国内媒体提供借鉴意义。

Based on Lakoff's conceptual metaphor theory and with methods of document study and discourse analysis,this paper discusses the discourse representations such as orientations,war,personification,animals,metonymy and rhetorical questions in China-US trade friction headlines in New York Times.The study shows that these headlines are brief,eye-catching,shocking,and even poetic.The application of metaphors makes the news readable and interesting,which offers references for domestic media.