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ConceptualMetaphorinEconomicDiscourses:ACaseStudyofSpecialColumnChinainTheEconomist

CUIYing   

  1. (XingzhiCollege,ZhejiangNormalUniversity,Jinhua,Zhejiang321004,China)
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  • Online:2013-09-26 Published:2013-09-26

Abstract: Asoneofthemajortheoriesincognitivelinguistics,conceptualmetaphorhasreceivedlotsofattentionfromscholarshomeandabroadsinceitwasfirstbroughtup.Conceptualmetaphoriswidelyusedineconomicdiscourses,inwhichtheeconomistsutilizefamiliarandunderstandablecognitivedomaintoexplaintheunfamiliarandabstractcognitivedomain.Conceptualizationisrealizedthroughthemappingfromsourcedomaintotargetdomain.TakingthespecialcolumnChinainTheEconomistasanexample,thispaperaimstoanalyzethecategories&applicationofconceptualmetaphorineconomicdiscourses,hopingthatitisbeneficialforESPlearnerstoenhancetheirlexislearningandstylisticawareness.

Key words: conceptualmetaphor, economicdiscourses, specialcolumnChinainTheEconomist

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