声明
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION
1.1 Research Background
1.2 The Significance of the Study
1.3 Questions and Objectives of the study
1.4 Layout of the Thesis
CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Major Studies of Metaphor at Home and Abroad
2.2 Major Studies of Conceptual Metaphor in Political Discourses
2.3 Summary
CHAPTER THREE THEORETICAL FOUNDATION
3.1 Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT)
3.2 Critical Metaphor Analysis (CMA)
3.3 Summary
CHAPTER FOUR RESARCH METHODOLOGY
4.1 Data Collection
4.2 Conceptual Metaphor Identification
4.3 Research Methods
4.4 Research Procedure
4.5 Summary
CHAPTER FIVE DATA ANALTSIS
5.1 The Production of Semantic Domain and Key Semantic Domain
5.2 Dominant Conceptual Metaphors in the Data
5.3 The Functions of Conceptual Metaphors in Obama’s Educational Discourse
5.4 Summary
CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION
6.1 Major Findings of the Study
6.2 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study
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致谢
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