美国总统就职演说辞语言象似性研究.pdf

密级: 学校代码:10075
分类号: 学号: 20090542

文学硕士学位论文


美国总统就职演说辞的语言象似性研究








学位申请人: 段辛
指导教师: 叶慧君教授
学位类别: 文学硕士
学科专业: 英语语言文学
授予单位: 河北大学
答辩日期: 二〇一二年五月
Classified Index: CODE: 10075
U. D. C: NO: 20090542

A Dissertation for the Degree of M. Arts


A Study of Language Iconicity in American
Presidential Inaugural Address









Candidate: Duan Xin
Supervisor: Prof. Ye Huijun
Academic Degree Applied for: Master of Arts
Specialty: English Language and Literature
University: Hebei University
Date of Oral Examination: May, 2012
Abstract
Abstract
American presidential inaugural address is a kind of special public speaking. It is a
significant moment for the newly elected president to inspire the public and illustrate his
views about his future administration. And it is also a crucial moment to show the president’s
talents and set up his own image. As a result, each presidential speech is polished and
decorated by a group of specialized writers so as to make it impress on the audience at the
most. So it is of great value for linguisitic study. After reviewing all the previous studies of
inaugural address, we find most of them are from stylistic and generic perspectives and few
scholars ever studied this topic from a cognitive perspective. Therefore, this thesis tries to
analyse the addresses in view of iconicity which is an important theory in cognitive linguistics.
Iconicity refers to natural connection between the linguistic signs and concept meaning which
has e the heated topic in recent years. Iconicity was first proposed by semiotist C. S.
Pierce, and then his opinion got recognition and support from other scholars, however, his
idea did not e popular because of the dominant position of Saussure. While in recent
years, iconicity theory draws more and more attention of scholars. In 1965, Jakobson
challenges language arbitrariness in his paper “Quest f