Author(s)

Chuyu Wang ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ English Department, China Foreign Affairs University, Beijing, 100000, China

Corresponding Author

Chuyu Wang

ABSTRACT

As a common means of political propaganda in China, slogans effectively convey information in a short and eye-catching form. Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2019, slogans have played a major role in alleviating influence of the epidemic. This paper will explore the language characteristics of China's "anti-epidemic slogan" with the theory of Cooperation Principle and Politeness Principle. At the same time, combined with the current situation of Chinese society, it will analyze the "hardcore slogan", a controversial topic, and comprehensively and objectively state why this is necessar. Therefore, it will be able to emphasize the importance of the Chinese traditional core of culture and grass-root culture to language used in propaganda, while helping the outside world to view China's "hardcore slogan" more objectively.

KEYWORDS

Anti-epidemic slogan, COVID-19, Cooperative Principle, Politeness Principle, Chinese culture

CITE THIS PAPER

Chuyu Wang, Chinese Anti-epidemic Slogan: The Relationship with CP and PP and the Influence from Culture. Media and Communication Research (2023) Vol. 4: 56-61. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/mediacr.2023.040210.

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