Researches in metaphor and addressing have both aroused great interests among scholars. Metaphorical use of address terms will be one focus of this paper. Functions of address terms have been investigated a lot, but e...Researches in metaphor and addressing have both aroused great interests among scholars. Metaphorical use of address terms will be one focus of this paper. Functions of address terms have been investigated a lot, but emotional functions are less emphasized. Therefore, this paper will make a tentative study of how people metaphorically use address terms to express the addresser＇s affect towards the addressee within the framework of Appraisal Theory.展开更多
文摘Researches in metaphor and addressing have both aroused great interests among scholars. Metaphorical use of address terms will be one focus of this paper. Functions of address terms have been investigated a lot, but emotional functions are less emphasized. Therefore, this paper will make a tentative study of how people metaphorically use address terms to express the addresser＇s affect towards the addressee within the framework of Appraisal Theory.
