Self-shaping Image of China from the Perspective of Attitude Resources in Metaphors:A Corpus-based Study of the English Version of Report on the Work of the Government(2017-2022)
Metaphors characterized by conciseness,forcefulness and vividness are widely used to understand and perceive the natural world and living environment,and have the function of reflecting and establishing reality,implicitly conveying speakers'attitude,thus promoting listeners to have a specific impression of things under discussion.Based on Conceptual Metaphor Theory and Appraisal Theory,attitude resources in metaphors in the English versions of Report on the Work of the Government(2017-2022)were analyzed to examine China's national image construction by using quantitative and qualitative methods.Results show that different types of metaphors convey the speaker's attitude and promote listeners'psychological identification through specific and shared images,thereby constructing a real and China's multi-dimensional image of an activist,contributor and approachable friend.
appraisal Theoryattitude resourcesconceptual metaphornational imageenglish version of Report on the Work of the Government
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