美国总统和英国首相就职演说中的语法隐喻分析

论文摘要

隐喻是语言学界一个重要的研究对象,从传统的词汇隐喻,到当代的认知隐喻和语法隐喻,隐喻研究一直备受关注,对于隐喻的界定也一直是很多争论的焦点。语法隐喻是系统功能语言学一个很重要的概念,跟传统的词汇隐喻既有联系,也有着很大的区别,为人类经验重构提供了新的视角。韩礼德在1985和1994的《功能语法入门》一书中对语法隐喻有专门叙述,主要提出了概念隐喻和人际隐喻两个概念。马丁在1992《英语语篇》一书中也对语法隐喻进行了补充,涉及了语篇隐喻这一概念。本文主要将以概念隐喻和人际隐喻两方面做为理论依据,选取10篇具有代表性的美国总统和英国首相的就职演说做为语料进行语法隐喻的分析。从分析中我们发现语法隐喻为政治性公共演说文体提供了新的评判标准。演说者们通过对语法隐喻的灵活运用,可以起到良好的效果,为他们的政治意图服务。同时语法隐喻也能让公众从这些华丽的,具有很强说服力的政治性公共演说文体背后看到演说者的真正意图和目的。

论文目录

• 摘要
• Abstract
• Acknowledgements
• Figures and Tables
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• 1.1 General Statement
• 1.1.1 The Purpose and Significance of the Study
• 1.1.2 Reasons for Adopting Grammatical Metaphor Theory
• 1.2 Data Collection and Analysis
• 1.3 The General Framework of This Thesis
• 1.4 Summary
• Chapter 2 A Historical Review of Metaphor Study
• 2.1 An Overview of Metaphor
• 2.1.1 New Attitudes towards Metaphor
• 2.1.2 Metaphor and Persuasion
• 2.1.3 Social Functions of the Art of Metaphor
• 2.2 The Origins and Early History of Metaphor
• 2.2.1 The Rise of Rhetoric in Ancient Greece
• 2.2.2 Plato on Metaphor
• 2.2.3 Aristotle on Metaphor
• 2.2.4 Metaphor and Simile
• 2.2.5 Substitution Theory and Comparison Theory
• 2.3 The Contemporary Development of Metaphor Theories
• 2.3.1 Interaction Theory
• 2.3.2 Cognitive Theories of Metaphor
• 2.3.3 Systemic-Functional Approach to Grammatical Metaphor
• 2.4 Summary
• Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework of Metaphor Analysis
• 3.1 Understanding Grammatical Metaphor
• 3.2 Halliday's Grammatical Metaphor Theory
• 3.2.1 Congruent Form and Incongruent Form
• 3.2.2 The Ideational Grammatical Metaphor
• 3.2.3 Nominalization
• 3.2.4 The Interpersonal Grammatical Metaphor
• 3.2.4.1 Metaphor of Modality
• 3.2.4.2 Metaphors of Mood
• 3.2.5 Textual Grammatical Metaphor
• 3.3 Summary
• Chapter 4 Grammatical Metaphor in Ameriean Presidential and British Premier Inaugural Addresses
• 4.1 Data Collection and Analysis Procedure
• 4.2 Background Information of the Ten Presidents and Premiers
• 4.3 Metaphor,Persuasion and Leadership
• 4.4 Detailed Analysis of GM Occurrences
• 4.4.1 Findings and Discussion of Ideational GM
• 4.4.2 Findings and Discussion of Interpersonal GM
• 4.4.2.1 Findings and Discussion of Modality Analysis
• 4.4.2.2 Findings and Discussion of Mood Analysis
• 4.5 The Implication of the GM Analysis
• 4.6 Summary
• Chapter 5 Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Appendix