A Discourse Analysis of Deliberate Metaphors in President Xi’s New Year Speeches from 2015-2017
Authors
Yuchen Li, Di Wu
Corresponding Author
Yuchen Li
Available Online July 2018.
- DOI
- 10.2991/iccessh-18.2018.169How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- deliberate metaphor; political discourse; attention; conceptual change
- Abstract
Deliberate metaphors (Steen 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013) are a valuable tool because they always trigger a conceptual change by the speaker inviting the addressee to look at the target domain from the perspective of the source domain. This paper explores deliberate metaphors in three speeches delivered from 2015 to 2017 by Chinese President with a main focus on the particular communicative functions realized by various forms of deliberate metaphors. The analysis shows how deliberate metaphors are used in order to communicate abstract political views to people.
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- © 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Yuchen Li AU - Di Wu PY - 2018/07 DA - 2018/07 TI - A Discourse Analysis of Deliberate Metaphors in President Xi’s New Year Speeches from 2015-2017 BT - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Humanities (ICCESSH 2018) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 747 EP - 751 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/iccessh-18.2018.169 DO - 10.2991/iccessh-18.2018.169 ID - Li2018/07 ER -