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1、硕士学位论文论文题目中美领导人政治演讲辞的隐喻对比研究研究生姓名顾欣指导教师姓名祝蔚红专业名称外国语言学及应用语言学研究方向公众演讲与修辞学论文提交日期2013年5月AContrastiveStudyofMetaphorsinChineseandAmericanLeaders'PublicSpeechesbyGuXinUndertheSupervisionofProfessorZhuWeihongSubmittedinPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirementsFortheDegreeofMasterof
2、ArtsSchoolofForeignLanguagesSoochowUniversityMarch2013AcknowledgementsIwouldliketoexpressmysinceregratitudetomysupervisor,ProfessorZhuWeihong,forallhereffortsdevotedtothewholeprocessofmythesiswriting.Herpatienceandmeticulousnesspermeateseverystepinmywritingofthisthesi
3、s,includinghelpingmechoosethetopic,leadingmetothecorrectwayofdoingresearch,providingmewithvaluablematerials,polishingmydraftsandofferinginsightfulsuggestions.IowemanythankstoMs.DuanMulan,theteacherinchargeofClass1,Grade3inCaixiangMiddleSchool,forhersupportinprovidingm
4、ewithsomeofherbooksconcerningmetaphorsandcultures.IamalsoindebtedtoProfessorJiaGuanjie,myteacheroftheTheoryofEnglishTeachingcourse,whohastaughtmethecriteriaofmakingareasonablestructureoforganizingthethesisinhisclass.Myheartythanksalsogotomyclassmatesandfriendswhohavet
5、riedtheirbesttohelpmeincompletingthethesis.Finally,greatappreciationisextendedtomyparentsfortheirunfailingsupportandlove.iABSTRACTAContrastiveStudyofMetaphorsinChineseandAmericanLeaders'PublicSpeechesGuXinAccordingtoConceptualMetaphorTheory,metaphorisregardedasawayofc
6、ognitionandafigureofthought,andispervasiveinhumanbeings‟dailylife.Thisthesis,basedontheConceptualMetaphorTheoryputforwardbyLakoff,makesacontrastiveanalysisofconceptualmetaphorsinChineseleaderHuJintaoandAmericanleaderBarackObama‟spoliticalspeeches,aimingtofindoutthedif
7、ferencesandsimilaritiesofconceptualmetaphorsinbothdataanddistillanddeepcauseofthemfromculturalperspective.Fourresearchquestionsarediscussedinthepaper:(1)WhataretherootmetaphorsintheEnglishandChinesespeeches?(2)Inwhichtypeofspeechesdometaphorsbearmoreconsiderablesignif
8、icance?(3)WhatarethesimilaritiesanddifferencesofmetaphorsinChineseandAmericanleaders‟speeches?(4)Whatistherelationshipbetwee