英汉商务新闻中隐喻的评价功能对比分析

论文摘要

评价性语言对语篇人际关系的建立和维护起重要作用。Martin强调词汇在评价中的作用,提出了以词汇为中心的“评价理论”。隐喻不仅对语篇的整体意义传达起着不容忽视的作用,而且可以表达不同的评价功能。因此,本文以语言评价理论为理论框架,从2009年和2010年度《经济学家》和《经济观察报》中各自选取20篇商务新闻,自建“英语商务新闻语料库”和“汉语商务新闻语料库”,以语料库加工和分析软件AntConc 3.2.2和UAM CorpusTool为标注和检索工具,统计概念隐喻在中英文两种不同的语言中出现的频率,旨在考察具有评价意义的概念隐喻在两种不同语言中使用频率上的异同点,并分析各自的理据。本文经比较分析发现,中英商务新闻中概念隐喻的评价功能存在两点共性:第一,概念隐喻的评价性资源集中分布于态度系统,且以鉴赏子系统为主;第二,在概念隐喻所表达的级差评价功能中,实现语势功能的概念隐喻较多而实现聚焦功能的概念隐喻较少。同时发现,中英商务新闻中概念隐喻的评价功能也存在一些差异:第一,汉语倾向于使用结构隐喻来表达评价意义,而英文较多使用本体隐喻;第二,实现对话紧缩的概念隐喻在汉语商务新闻中更常见;第三,英文商务新闻更倾向于使用积极、肯定的评价性概念隐喻。对于上述异同点,作者试图从新闻文体的特征及文化社会因素以及不同作者的文化背景等角度来阐释原因。本文研究有助于丰富和发展评价理论的应用研究,能为隐喻研究提供较新的视角,而且能帮助人们更好的理解商务语篇,减少跨文化交际的语用失误。同时,本文的研究结果也可用于帮助指导英语写作,尤其是商务英语相关的实用写作用。

论文目录

• Acknowledgments
• Abstract
• 摘要
• Introduction
• 1.1 Objective of the Study
• 1.2 Significance of the Present Study
• 1.3 Organization of this Thesis
• Chapter 2 Literature Review
• 2.1 A Brief Introduction to Conceptual Metaphor
• 2.2 Classifications of Conceptual Metaphor
• 2.2.1 Structural Metaphor
• 2.2.2 Orientational Metaphor
• 2.2.3 Ontological Metaphor
• 2.3 Previous Studies on Conceptual Metaphor in Business News
• 2.3.1 Overview of the Previous Studies abroad
• 2.3.2 Overview of the Previous Studies at Home
• 2.3.3 Achievements and Limitations of the Previous Studies
• Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework and Research Methodology
• 3.1 An Overview of Appraisal System
• 3.1.1 Attitude system
• 3.1.2 Engagement System
• 3.1.3 Graduation System
• 3.2 The Relationship between Metaphor and Evaluation
• 3.3 Research Methodology
• 3.3.1 Data Resources
• 3.3.2 Data Analysis
• Chapter 4 Corpus Investigation of Evaluative Functions of Conceptual Metaphors in Business News
• 4.1 A Description of the Lexical-grammar Patterns of Evaluative Functions of Conceptual Metaphors in Business News
• 4.2 The Statistics of the Frequency of Conceptual Metaphors in Business News
• 4.3 Evaluative Functions of Conceptual Metaphors in Business News
• 4.3.1 The Evaluative Function of Structural Metaphor
• 4.3.2 The Evaluative Function of Orientational Metaphor
• 4.3.3 The Evaluative Function of Ontological Metaphor
• 4.4 Summary
• Chapter 5 Discussions about the Similarities and Dissimilarities of the Evaluative Functions of Conceptual Metaphors between English and Chinese
• 5.1.T he Similarities and Differences of the Evaluation Function of Conceptual Metaphor between English and Chinese
• 5.1.1 The Features in Attitude System
• 5.1.2 The Features in Engagement System
• 5.1.3 The Features in Graduation System
• 5.2 The Similarities and Dissimilarities of the Evaluative Function in Conceptual Metaphors
• 5.2.1 The Similarities of the Evaluative Function in Conceptual Metaphors
• 5.2.2 Dissimilarities of the Evaluative Function in Conceptual Metaphors
• 5.3 The Causes of the Similarities and Dissimilarities of the Evaluative Function in Conceptual Metaphors
• 5.3.1 The Causes of the Similarities
• 5.3.2 The Causes of the Dissimilarities
• 5.4 Summary
• Chapter 6 Conclusion
• 6.1 Major Findings of the Research
• 6.2 Limitations of the Present Study
• 6.3 Suggestions for Further Research
• Bibliography
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Appendix C
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