Author(s)

Yan Huifeng ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Xi'an International Studies University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Corresponding Author

Yan Huifeng

ABSTRACT

The construction of China's state image by American news media is an important way through which we can understand their views on China and mindset as formed. As a part of Critical Discourse Analysis on the cognitive route, Critical Metaphor Analysis combines CDA with conceptual metaphor theory in cognitive linguistics so as to reveal and criticize the ideology and power relation behind particular discourse practices. This essay analyzes under Critical Metaphor Analysis the text report on "Chinese Cotton" event by CNN; it finds that by using metaphors like struggle metaphor and containment metaphor this American news media constructs an image of China that is aggressive and manipulative.

KEYWORDS

Conceptual Metaphor; Critical Metaphor Analysis; Image Construction

CITE THIS PAPER

Yan Huifeng, The Construction of China's Image in American News Media from a Critical Metaphor Analysis Perspective: A Case of CNN's Report on BCI's Cotton Incident. Lecture Notes on Language and Literature (2024) Vol. 7: 60-64. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/langl.2024.070709.

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