习近平外交话语中的隐喻及政治“现实”建构功能

Metaphors in Diplomatic Discourse of Xi Jinping And the Construction of Political Reality

隐喻是人类共性的基本思维方式与认知手段。它不仅能够传达使用主体的观点、信仰、立场、态度、评价和情感等,也深含富有成效的隐性劝导功能,潜移默化地影响乃至重塑交际受体的认知。外交话语中,隐喻的得体使用,不仅有助于交际主体国家生动、形象的表情达意,也发挥着重要的政治“现实”建构功能,即国家间“群内成员关系”的建构和国家形象与立场的建构。习近平外交话语中的隐喻体现了这一政治建构功能。

Metaphor is a universal and basic way of thinking and cognitive means. It can not only help people to understand unknown things and experiences by using known things and experiences, but also guide people to re-understand known things and experiences and reshape people’s cognition. In this regard, the appropriate use of metaphor in diplomatic discourse not only helps the communicating countries to express their feelings more vividly, but also plays an important role in the construction of political reality. This function of political reality construction is embodied in the rhetorical construction of inter-state “inter-group membership” and the rhetorical construction of national image and stance. The function of political construction is demonstrated in metaphons in diplomatic discourse of Xi Jinping.