Conceptual Metaphors in "I Have a Dream"

摘要：

Metaphors can serve as cognitive instruments.In the process of conceptualization,metaphors would reflex the way people think and affect the way they perceive things.Conceptual metaphors are often used to help layman understand abstract and complex political issues better.The author studies Martin Luther King,Jr's famous speech "I Have a Dream" from the views of cognitive linguistics,and mainly analyzes the conceptual metaphors in this political speech.

关键词：conceptual metaphor、I have a dream、cognitive linguistics

分类号：H31(英语)

资助基金：乐山师范学院外语教师教育研究中心2011科研课题"认知图式理论和诗歌中生死概念隐喻研究"的阶段性成果

在线出版日期：2012-03-16（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）

页数：共2页

页码：679-680