As a sort of cognitive means and thinking mode,conceptual metaphor is widely applied to political discourses.Statesmen often publicize their political thoughts by using conceptual metaphors in their political discours...As a sort of cognitive means and thinking mode,conceptual metaphor is widely applied to political discourses.Statesmen often publicize their political thoughts by using conceptual metaphors in their political discourses so that the audience can understand their political ideas easily.Based on the Conceptual Metaphor Theory,this paper aims to analyze the conceptual metaphors in Xi Jinping's 2016 New Year address so as to summarize the types,functions and significance of conceptual metaphors in Chinese political discourses,in the hope of helping readers interpret political speeches better.展开更多
The study of gender language mainly focuses on the difference of language used by female and male.However,this thesis intends to investigate the trend of convergence of gender language in political speech.The study wi...The study of gender language mainly focuses on the difference of language used by female and male.However,this thesis intends to investigate the trend of convergence of gender language in political speech.The study will exam language and gender under the framework of stylistic analysis with both quantitative and qualitative methods.展开更多
文摘As a sort of cognitive means and thinking mode,conceptual metaphor is widely applied to political discourses.Statesmen often publicize their political thoughts by using conceptual metaphors in their political discourses so that the audience can understand their political ideas easily.Based on the Conceptual Metaphor Theory,this paper aims to analyze the conceptual metaphors in Xi Jinping's 2016 New Year address so as to summarize the types,functions and significance of conceptual metaphors in Chinese political discourses,in the hope of helping readers interpret political speeches better.
文摘The study of gender language mainly focuses on the difference of language used by female and male.However,this thesis intends to investigate the trend of convergence of gender language in political speech.The study will exam language and gender under the framework of stylistic analysis with both quantitative and qualitative methods.
