Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Background
1.2 Research Objective
1.3 Research Questions
1.4 Purposes of the Research
1.5 Framework of the Thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 An introduction of Political Speeches
2.2 Previous Studies of Political Speeches
2.3 Previous Studies of Conceptual Metaphors in Political Speeches
2.4 Summary
Chapter Three Conceptual Metaphor Theory
3.1 The Definition of Conceptual Metaphors
3.2 The Development of Conceptual Metaphors
3.3 The Classification of Conceptual Metaphors
3.3.1 Orientational Metaphors
3.3.2 Ontological Metaphors
3.3.3 Structural Metaphors
3.4 The Working Mechanism of Conceptual Metaphors
3.5 Summary
Chapter Four Research Method and Data Collection
4.1 Research Instrument
4.2 Research Method
4.3 Data Collection
4.4 Metaphor Identification
4.5 Data Analysis
Chapter Five Analysis of Conceptual Metaphors in American Presidential Inaugural Addresses \(APIAs\)
5.1 Types of Metaphors
5.1.1 Orientational Metaphors in APIAs(“UP”,“DOWN”,“BACK”,“FORWARD”)
5.1.2 Ontological Metaphors in APIAs(“HUMAN”,“LIGHT”,“NATURE”)
5.1.3 Structural Metaphors in APIAs
5.1.4 Summary of Different Metaphors
5.2 Effects of Metaphors in APIAs
5.2.1 Cognitive and Textual
5.2.2 Persuasive and Communicative
5.2.3 Explanatory and Illustrative
5.2.4 Emotional and Motivating
Chapter Six Conclusion
6.1 Major Findings
6.2 The Limitation and Future Expectations
参考文献
Appendix A:作者攻读硕士学位期间发表论文及科研情况
Appendix B:美国历届总统就职演说
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