声明
摘要
Abstract
Contents
Chapter One Introduction
1．1 Research Background
1．2 Purpose of the Research
1．3 Organization of the Thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review
2．1 Introduction to Political Discourse Analysis
2．2 Previous Studies on Political Discourses
2．2．1 Rhetorical Perspective
2．2．2 Critical Discourse Analysis Perspective
2．2．3 Cognitive Perspective
2．3 Summary
Chapter Three Theoretical Foundations
3．1 Conceptual Metaphor Theory
3．1．1 Introduction to Conceptual Metaphor Theory
3．1．2 The Working Mechanism of Conceptual Metaphor Theory
3．2 NATION AS FAMILY
3．3 Lakoff’s Two Family-based Moral Models
3．3．1 Introduction to America’s Two-party Politics
3．3．2 The Strict Father Family Model
3．3．3 The Nurturant Parent Family Model
3．4 The Relationship between Conceptual Metaphor and Moral Model
3．5 Summary
Chapter Four Research Methodology
4．1 Introduction
4．2 Research Questions
4．3 Research Procedure
4．4 The Present Corpora
4．5 Summary
Chapter Five A Contrastive Analysis of Conceptual Metaphors in the Corpora
5．1 An Analysis of the Metaphors Used by Both Obama and Bush
5．1．1 ECONOMYAS PERSON
5．1．2 ECONOMYAS VEHICLE
5．1．3 TAX CUT AS CREDIT
5．2 An Analysis of the Metaphors Used by Obama
5．2．1 POLICY MAKING AS JOURNEY
5．2．2 BREAK Metaphor
5．2．3 MIDDLE CLASS AS PERSON
5．2．4 WAR Metaphor
5．2．5 LOOPHOLE Metaphor
5．2．6 HIKING Metaphor
5．3 An Analysis of the Metaphors Used by Bush
5．3．1 RELIEF Metaphor
5．3．2 TAX CUT AS INVESTMENT
5．3．3 TAX CUT AS JOURNEY
5．3．4 TAX AS PUNISHMENT
5．4 Summary
Chapter Six A Contrastive Analysis of Moral Models in the Corpora
6．1 An Analysis of Moral Models in Obama’s Corpus
6．2 An Analysis of Moral Models in Bush’s Corpus
6．3 AContrastive Analysis of Moral Models Used by Both Obama and Bush
6．3．1 MORALITY AS NURTURANCE
6．3．2 MORALITY AS DEVELOPMENT
6．3．3 MORALITYAS FAIR DISTRIBUTION
6．3．4 MORALITY AS SELF-RELIANCE
6．3．5 MORAUTY AS COMPETITION
6．4 Summary
Chapter Seven Conclusion
7．1 Major Findings
7．2 The implication
7．3 Limitations and Further Research
Bibliography
Appendix
Acknowledgments
