To change or not to change: Transformations of ecological metaphors in Chinese government microblogs

Kaiwen Yang, Ya Sun
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In the wake of global environmental change, China’s focus on ecological civilization has intensified. Political leaders’ ecological thoughts are predominantly manifested through language, such as ecological metaphors within ecopolitical discourse, and their authoritative statements are disseminated by other political entities across various platforms. This study presents a refined framework for metaphor change analysis, aiming to examine how the ‘Life Community’ metaphor is communicated in Chinese government microblogs. Results show that the ‘Life Community’ metaphor undergoes transformations on the linguistic level, forming a continuum of metaphor change that spans from incremental change to fundamental change. Furthermore, the beneficial ecological orientation of the metaphor does not change in communication. Two new modes of fundamental changes are identified for the first time, including changing the source domain into the target domain, and integrating the source domain with the target domain. This study offers valuable insights into the role of eco-metaphors in Chinese ecopolitical discourse.
改还是不改?中国政务微博中的生态隐喻变迁
在全球环境变化的背景下,中国对生态文明的重视程度不断加强。政治领导人的生态思想主要通过语言来体现,如生态政治话语中的生态隐喻,而他们的权威言论则由其他政治实体在各种平台上传播。本研究提出了一个完善的隐喻变化分析框架,旨在研究 "生命共同体 "隐喻在中国政府微博中的传播方式。研究结果表明,"生命共同体 "隐喻在语言层面发生了变化,形成了从渐进变化到根本变化的隐喻变化连续体。此外,隐喻的有益生态导向在交流中并没有改变。研究首次发现了两种新的根本性变化模式,包括将源域变为目标域,以及将源域与目标域整合。本研究为生态隐喻在中国生态政治话语中的作用提供了有价值的见解。
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