奥巴马和希拉里政治语篇中概念隐喻对比分析-a contrastive analysis of conceptual metaphors in obamas and hillary clintons political texts.docx

学位论文原创性声明本人郑重声明：所呈交的论文是本人在导师的指导下独立进行研 究所取得的研究成果。除了文中特别加以标注引用的内容外,本论文 不包含任何其他个人或集体已经发表或撰写的成果作品。对本文的研 究做出重要贡献的个人和集体,均已在文中以明确方式标明。本人完 全意识到本声明的法律后果由本人承担。作者签名：日期：年月日学位论文版权使用授权书本学位论文作者完全了解学校有关保留、使用学位论文的规定, 同意学校保留并向国家有关部门或机构送交论文的复印件和电子版, 允许论文被查阅和借阅。本人授权湖南科技大学可以将本学位论文的 全部或部分内容编入有关数据库进行检索,可以采用影印、缩印或扫 描等复制手段保存和汇编本学位论文。涉密论文按学校规定处理。作者签名：日期：年月日导师签名：日期：年月日AcknowledgementsFirst and foremost, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to Professor Xu Lijie, my supervisor. Without her strict guidance and continuous inspiration, the present thesis could never have been produced. I certainly appreciate her valuable assistance in having gone through the thesis several times, offering constructive criticism and making helpful suggestions. Special thanks are also due to Prof. Zeng Yanyu, Prof. Liu Jinming, Prof. Meng Jiangang, Prof. Zhang Jinghua, Prof. Liang Xiaobo, Prof. Zhou Qiqiang and Prof. Chen Yide, for their excellent lectures which are very helpful in building up my knowledge.I am also heartily grateful to some of my friends Chen Yanjing, Xie Xinmiao, Wang Zhen and Hu Danjuan, who have shared their information and documents with me; and I also express thanks to Cao Sha, Zhou Zhijun, Pan Yu, Jiang Youjun, who have given me valuable advice in the process of my preparation of the thesis.Last but not least, I am deeply indebted to all my family members, whose whole-hearted support and unconditional love saw me through my three years‘ study in The School of Foreign Studies in Hunan University of Science and Technology.AbstractScholars are passionate about the studies of conceptual metaphors in political discourses. Given that using metaphor effectively can lure supporters to their sides, politicians prefer to take advantage of conceptual metaphors to construct their political discourses, and to fulfill their aspirations. Therefore, the study of conceptual metaphors in their political discourses can help us find the trends of their political attitudes, ideologies and emotions effe