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山东科技大学硕士学位论文A 山东科技大学硕士学位论文 Abstract ABSTRACT Metaphor studies have been carried out for a long time from different perspectives, ranging from rhetoric, functional-structuralism to pragmatics. In recent years, the study of metaphors in English from a critical point of view has arisen, but rarely has attention been paid to explore critical metaphors in Chinese TV programs. This will form the main issue of this study. The proliferation of TV talk shows has become an integral part of modern day living. This paper aims to identify, interpret and explain metaphors used in typical Chinese TV talk shows so as to explore the functions of metaphors within the framework of cognitive linguistic theory. For example, the author categorizes the main metaphors into journey metaphors, construction metaphors, plant metaphors, military metaphors, human body metaphors, machine metaphors as well as family metaphors. Meanwhile, some unique metaphors with Chinese characteristics are discussed, for instance, food metaphors, game metaphors, horse- racing metaphors, hunting metaphors, fishing metaphors, sexual metaphors and circle metaphors. Moreover, to investigate how people in Chinese culture perceive the metaphorical expressions in the shows in Chinese culture. Critical Metaphor Analysis shows that these frequently used metaphors convey positive evaluations. In this study, Chinese TV talk shows are chosen from Media Language Corpus in Communication University of China, covering such typical programs as Topics in Focus, Dialogue, Face to Face, To Tell it As it is, A Date to Lu yu and so on. In order to satisfy the requirement, the analysis tool—Wconcord is used in the thesis. The original corpus is first segmented with Ictclas10 (Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Lexical Analysis System, version