声明
摘要
Abstract
Contents
Chapter one Introduction
1.2 The Purpose and Significance of the Research
1.3 Organization of Thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Introduction to Political Discourse Analysis
2.1.2 Definition of Political Discourse
2.1.3 Definition of Political Discourse Analysis
2.2 Previous Studies on Political Discourse Aboard
2.2.1 The Perspective of Rhetoric
2.2.2 The Perspective of Critical Discourse Analysis
2.2.3 The Perspective of Cognitive Linguistics
2.3 Previous Studies on Political Discourse at Home
2.3.2 The Perspective of Critical Discourse Analysis
2.3.3 The Perspective of Cognitive Linguistics
2.4 Studies of Presidential Debate
2.5 Other studies
2.6 Summary
Chapter Three Theoretical Framework
3.1 Conceptual Metaphor Theory
3.1.3 Kinds of Conceptual Metaphor
3.1.4 Personification and Metonymy
3.1.5 Some Characteristics of Metaphorical Concepts
3.2 Framing Theory
3.2.1 The Background of Framing Theory
3.2.2 Framing Theory
3.3 Summary
Chapter Four Research Design
4.1 Research Questions
4.2 Research Methodology and Data Collection
4.2.1 Identification of Conceptual Metaphor
4.2.2 Extraction of Frame
Chapter Five A Contrastive Analysis of Framing and Reframing Strategies of Trump and Hillary
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Framing and Reframing Strategies of Hillary
5.2.1 Frames in Hillary’s Debate
5.2.2 Reframing of Hillary
5.3 Framing and Reframing Strategies of Trump
5.3.1 Frames in Trump’s Debate
5.3.2 Reframing Disease Frame as War Frame
5.4 A Contrastive Analysis of Framing and Reframing Strategies of Trump and Hillary
5.5 Summary
Chapter Six Conclusion
6.2 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Studies
Bibliography
Acknowledgements