Personification in Chinese Diplomatic Discourse and the Construction of National Identity Based on Corpus:A Case Study of the Regular Press Conference of Ministry of Foreign Affairs  

作　　者：XIONG Jing-lin ZHOU Jing 

机构地区：[1]Wuhan University of Technology,Wuhan,China

出　　处：《Journal of Literature and Art Studies》2024年第5期360-364,共5页文学与艺术研究（英文版）

摘　　要：With the development of the major country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics,diplomatic discourse,as an important part of building China’s international discourse power,has attracted much attention.Personification is a common means in diplomatic discourse.By giving anthropomorphic expressions to countries,regions,institutions and policies,the purpose of building national identity and establishing national image can be achieved.Based on conceptual metaphor theory and national identity theory,this paper focuses on personification in diplomatic discourse with a case study of the regular press conference of Ministry of Foreign Affairs.It is found that the spokesperson skillfully constructed China’s positive national identity,such as peace-loving,openness and inclusiveness by using a large number of body metaphor,kinship metaphor and role metaphor.

关 键 词：diplomatic discourse PERSONIFICATION identity construction 

分 类 号：H31[语言文字—英语]