关于中美灾难新闻报道中概念隐喻的对比研究

发布时间：2018-06-07 18:23

本文选题：灾难报道 + 概念隐喻理论　；参考：《上海外国语大学》2012年硕士论文

【摘要】：1980年左右，由莱考夫和乔纳森提出的概念隐喻理论是迄今为止最具影响力的隐喻理论之一。概念隐喻理论将隐喻的研究从传统修辞学的桎梏中解放出来并提出了一个惊人的论点，即隐喻存在于我们的思想和行为之中，我们的思维概念从本质上来讲是隐喻性的。此后展开的许多相关研究证明补充了概念隐喻理论，其所实际运用的领域也不断得到扩大，从文学、政治、法律、社会问题，到数学、心理学不一而足。本文以中美对2008年汶川地震的报道为基础展开分析研究，旨在分类概括此类新闻中所使用的概念隐喻，以便找出中美报道中所含隐喻的异同，并希望借此深入探讨导致这一结果的原因。语言影响并反映人们的思维过程，，因此由隐喻性思维控制的隐喻表达也能在某种程度上反映出人们对待周围世界的态度，本文从批评性角度展开分析，通过使用批评隐喻分析的工具展开对中美汶川地震报道中概念隐喻的分析，借以揭示中美对待灾难的态度。对待灾难的态度对灾难报道中隐喻表达的形成至关重要。本文选取了中美各30篇关于汶川地震的新闻报道，并以此建立了两个语料库作为对比分析的基础。在经过对概念隐喻一系列的详细调查以及对比分析之后，其主要结论如下：第一，在中国以及美国语料库中分别发现了14种以及16种概念隐喻，其中有12中相同。第二，灾难新闻中的概念隐喻主要有四大功能，分别是简化，激励，界定事实以及“过滤”，即强调和隐藏。此外，作者还发现中国媒体态度积极正面，仅宣传中国的正面形象。而美国媒体看待中国对汶川地震的反应则极其复杂，毁誉参半。在他们的宣传中，中国既有正面也有负面的形象。作者希望此次研究能够对隐喻系统研究的发展以及对中美文化的理解有所帮助。
[Abstract]:Conceptual metaphor theory proposed by Lakoff and Jonathan in 1980 is one of the most influential metaphor theories. Conceptual metaphor theory liberates the study of metaphor from the shackles of traditional rhetoric and puts forward an astonishing argument that metaphor exists in our thoughts and behaviors and that our concept of thinking is metaphorical in nature. Since then, many relevant studies have proved that conceptual metaphor theory has been supplemented, and its practical application has been expanded, ranging from literature, politics, law, social problems to mathematics and psychology. Based on the reports of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake between China and the United States, this paper aims at classifying and summarizing the conceptual metaphors used in this kind of news in order to find out the similarities and differences of the metaphors contained in the reports of China and the United States. It is hoped that language can influence and reflect people's thinking process, so metaphorical expressions controlled by metaphorical thinking can to some extent reflect people's attitude towards the world around them. This paper analyzes the conceptual metaphors of the Wenchuan earthquake report in China and America by using the tool of critical metaphorical analysis in order to reveal the attitude of China and the United States towards disaster. The attitude towards disaster is crucial to the formation of metaphorical expressions in disaster reporting. This paper selects 30 news reports on Wenchuan earthquake in China and the United States, and establishes two corpus as the basis of comparative analysis. After a series of detailed investigation and comparative analysis of conceptual metaphors, The main conclusions are as follows: first, 14 kinds of conceptual metaphors and 16 kinds of conceptual metaphors have been found in Chinese and American corpora, of which 12 are the same. Secondly, conceptual metaphors in disaster news have four main functions: simplification and encouragement. In addition, the author also finds that the Chinese media have a positive attitude and only promote the positive image of China. The American media view of China's response to the Wenchuan earthquake is extremely complex, mixed reputation. In their propaganda, there are both positive and negative images in China. The author hopes that this study will be helpful to the development of metaphorical system research and to the understanding of Chinese and American culture.
【学位授予单位】：上海外国语大学
【学位级别】：硕士
【学位授予年份】：2012
【分类号】：H315;H152

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