政治语篇中隐喻的说服功能与话语策略——一项基于语料库的研究  

Persuasiveness of Metaphors in Political Discourse and Discourse Strategies:A Corpus-based Study

作　　者：吴丹苹[1] 庞继贤[2] 

机构地区：[1]浙江大学宁波理工学院,浙江宁波315100 [2]浙江大学外国语学院,浙江杭州310058

出　　处：《外语与外语教学》2011年第4期38-42,47,共6页Foreign Languages and Their Teaching

摘　　要：政治语篇中隐喻的说服功能研究长期以来集中在对独立语篇的分析上。Fairclough（1995）等人提出的批评话语分析理论强调语篇的社会和历史背景的重要性，推进了隐喻研究的深度和广度。本文报告一项基于语料库的隐喻研究。研究以批评话语分析理论为框架，运用“英语专题研究语料库”对美国前总统乔治·布什持续8年的每周电台演讲进行批评性隐喻分析，重点考察布什为伊拉克战争所作辩护中隐喻运用的类别、说服功能及其相关的话语策略。分析表明：演讲中所用的概念隐喻类型集中在冲突、疾病和宗教三个方面，隐喻在有效激发和唤起听众的内心情感方面发挥了重要作用，使演讲者的行动方案和个人用意合理化、合法化，从而有效地帮助演讲者达到既定的交际目的。Studies on the persuasiveness of metaphors in political discourse have long focused on individual discourses. Critical Discourse Analysis （CDA） theory proposed by Falrclough （1995） upgrades the study by emphasizing significant roles of social and historical contexts. The present paper reports on a corpus-based study of metaphors in one major form of political discourse, namely, the presidential radio address. Taking CDA theory as the framework and with the help of ＂Corpus for Specific Research of English＂, the study conducts a critical metaphorical analysis of the eight-year-long radio addresses delivered by the former President of the United States, George Bush. The study aims to explore the types of conceptual metaphors used in Bush＇s justification of the Iraq War, as well as the persuasiveness of metaphors and the related discourse strategies. It is revealed that three major types of metaphors of conflict, illness and religion are used, in which metaphors play a significant role in stirring and evoking the audience＇s emotion. The use of metaphors also helps to rationalize and justify the speaker＇s course of action and his personal intention, so as to achieve the intended communicative goals.

关 键 词：政治语篇 隐喻 说服功能 话语策略 

分 类 号：H0[语言文字—语言学]