Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Some preliminaries
1.2 Rationale and hypotheses
1.3 Research questions
1.4 Research significance
1.4.1 Theoretical significance
1.4.2 Practical implications
1.5 The structure of this book
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 The historical background of different approaches to metaphor
2. 1. 1 The linguistic approach
2. 1.2 The pragmatic approach
2. 1.3 The interactionist approach
2. 1.4 The cognitive approach
2.2 Metaphor and politics
2.3 Metaphor and ideology
2.4 Metaphor and political persuasion
2.5 Prior research on political metaphors at home and abroad
Chapter 3 Methodology
3.1 Research methodology and data collection
3.2 Research procedure
3.2.1 Contextual analysis
3.2.2 Metaphor identification
3.2.3 Metaphor interpretation
3.2.4 Metaphor explanation
Chapter 4 Data Description and Analysis
4.1 Conceptual metaphors in English data
4.1.1 JOURNEY metaphor
4.1.2 HUMAN metaphor
4.1.3 BUILDING metaphor
4.1.4 DRAMA metaphor
4.1.5 FAMILY metaphor
4.1.6 RELIGIOUS metaphor
4.2 Conceptual metaphors in Chinese data
4.2.1 JOURNEY metaphor
4.2.2 HUMAN metaphor
4.2.3 WAR metaphor
4.2.4 FAMILY metaphor
4.2.5 BUILDING metaphor
4.2.6 CIRCLE metaphor
Chapter 5 Comparative Analysis and Discussions
5.1 Comparative analysis
5.1.1 Categories of the conceptual metaphors in the data
5.1.2 The same metaphors in the data
5.1.3 Differences between the similar metaphors in the data
5.1.4 Comparison between the unique metaphors in the data
5.2 Discussions
Chapter 6 Conclusion
6.1 Major findings of this study
6.2 Implications of this study
6.2.1 Metaphor and language teaching
6.2.2 Metaphor and translation
6.3 Limitations of this study and prospects for future research
Glossary
English Bibliography
Chinese Bibliography
Appendix I Data Sources
Appendix II Sample Texts