新闻漫画中“中美关系”多模态隐喻的认知研究

A Cognitive Study of Multimodal Metaphors Concerning “Sino-US Relations” in News Cartoons

摘要: 文章以104幅关于“中美关系”的新闻漫画为研究语料，以Lakoff等人提出的概念隐喻理论和Forceville的多模态隐喻理论为理论依据，力图阐释新闻漫画这一多模态语篇中隐喻转喻背后的建构机制，并进一步明确国内主流新闻媒体对中美关系持有的态度。研究发现，众多新闻漫画中出现频率最高的四类隐喻分别是：“合作共事”隐喻、“战斗竞赛”隐喻、“生命体”隐喻和“非生命体”隐喻。其中，“合作共事”隐喻出现的频率远高于其他三类。这表明尽管中美关系日渐紧张，但中国仍以礼仪之邦的身份，致力于推动中美两国携手并进。

Abstract: On the basis of conceptual metaphor theory proposed by Lakoff and multimodal metaphor theory put forward by Forceville, this study selected 104 news cartoons concerning Sino-US relations, aiming to clarify mechanisms behind multimodal metaphors and the attitudes towards that held by China’s mainstream news media. Four types of theme metaphors (including “cooperation metaphor”, “competition metaphor”, “life metaphor” and “substance metaphor”) and three kinds of emotion metaphors (including positive, neutral and negative metaphors) have been detected. Of all those metaphors, the frequency of the “cooperation metaphor” and the positive metaphor is the highest, indicating that China, a civilized nation, still devotes herself to promoting cooperative Sino-US relations despite the current unpredictable relationships.