Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Research Background
1.2 Purpose and Significance of the Study
1.3 Organization of the Thesis
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Relevant Definitions
2.1.1 Political Discourse
2.1.2 China-U.S. Trade War Discourse
2.2 Previous Studies on Political Discourse Abroad and at Home
2.2.1 Previous Studies on Political Discourse Abroad
2.2.2 Previous Studies on Political Discourse at Home
2.3 Existing Studies of China-U.S. Trade War Abroad and at Home
2.4 Characteristics and Deficiencies of Previous Studies
2.4.1 Political Discourse
2.4.2 China-U.S. Trade War
Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework
3.1 The Evolution of Frame
3.2 Framing Theory
3.3 Framing Theory and Conceptual Metaphor
Chapter 4 Research Methodology
4.1 Research Questions
4.2 Data Collection
4.3 Identification and Analysis of Frames
Chapter 5 Contrastive Analysis of Frames in China-U.S. Trade War Discourse
5.1 Contrastive Analysis of Frames in China-U.S. Trade War Discourse in China Daily
5.1.1 Surface Frames
5.1.2 Deep Frames
5.2 Contrastive Analysis of Frames in China-U.S. Trade War Discourse in The New York Times
5.2.1 Surface Frames
5.2.2 Deep Frames
Chapter 6 Contrastive Analysis of Framing ways in China-U.S. Trade War Discourse
6.1 Summary of Surface Frames Used in the Two Corpora
6.2 Contrastive Analysis of Framing Ways in the Two Corpora
6.2.1 Different Deep Frames Activated by Same Surface Frames
6.2.2 Different Deep Frames Activated by Different Surface Frames
6.3 Implications
6.3.1 Select Proper Frames Based on Deep Values
6.3.2 Reframe the Negative Frames
6.3.3 Highlight the Appropriate Semantic Features in Frames
Chapter 7 Conclusion
7.1 Major Findings
7.2 Limitations and Suggestions
参考文献
Appendix 1: List of Research Corpus of China Daily
Appendix 2: List of Research Corpus of The New York Times
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致谢
声明
广西师范大学;
