1887
Volume 4, Issue 2
  • ISSN 2214-3157
  • E-ISSN: 2214-3165
USD
Buy:$35.00 + Taxes

Abstract

This study of media discourse focuses on how the sociopolitical culture in Hong Kong and Mainland China is conceptualized by the English-speaking press. To this end, the present research studies newspaper articles on the Hong Kong Occupy Central Movement published in Britain, the United States, and Australia. Cultural Linguistics, combined with corpus analytical techniques, is used to examine the construals of and . A 303,455-word corpus which contains 402 articles was compiled for data analysis. It is found that the disagreement between the Hong Kong civilians and the Mainland Chinese government is often reported with metonymical conceptualizations ( versus ). In general, the sociopolitical culture in Hong Kong and Mainland China is imbued with negative emotions, disharmony, and power differences, as is evident from the , , , , and conceptualizations. At the end of this paper, issues about researching conceptualizations in newspaper texts, such as the journalistic input, are discussed.

Loading

Article metrics loading...

/content/journals/10.1075/ijolc.4.2.05leu
2017-12-14
2025-02-19
Loading full text...

Full text loading...

References

  1. Bednarek, M., & Caple, H.
    (2012) News discourse. London: Continuum International.
    [Google Scholar]
  2. Bhatia, A.
    (2015) Construction of discursive illusions in the ‘Umbrella Movement.’Discourse & Society, 26(4), 407–427. doi: 10.1177/0957926515576635
    https://doi.org/10.1177/0957926515576635 [Google Scholar]
  3. (2016) Discursive construction of the ‘key’ moment in the Umbrella Movement. Journal of Language and Politics, 15(5), 549–566. doi: 10.1075/jlp.15.5.03bha
    https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.15.5.03bha [Google Scholar]
  4. Cameron, L.
    (1999) Identifying and describing metaphor in spoken discourse. InL. Cameron & G. Low (Eds.), Researching and applying metaphor (pp.105–132). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9781139524704.009
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139524704.009 [Google Scholar]
  5. Charteris-Black, J.
    (2004) Corpus approaches to critical metaphor analysis. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/9780230000612
    https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230000612 [Google Scholar]
  6. Cheng, W., & Ho, J.
    (2014) Brainwashing or nurturing positive values: Competing voices in Hong Kong’s national education debate. Journal of Pragmatics, 74, 1–14. doi: 10.1016/j.pragma.2014.08.006
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2014.08.006 [Google Scholar]
  7. Ding, Y., Noël, D., & Wolf, H.-G.
    (2010) Patterns in metaphor translation: Translating fear metaphors between English and Chinese. InR. Xiao (Ed.), Using corpora in contrastive and translation studies (pp.40–61). Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
    [Google Scholar]
  8. Dirven, R., Polzenhagen, F., & Wolf, H.-G.
    (2007) Cognitive linguistics, ideology, and critical discourse analysis. InD. Geeraerts & H. Cuyckens (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of cognitive linguistics (pp.1222–1240). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
    [Google Scholar]
  9. Dow Jones
    (2016) Faktiva: Global News Database & Licensed Content. Available athttps://www.dowjones.com/products/factiva/. AccessedApril 10, 2016.
  10. Flowerdew, J., & Leong, S.
    (2007) Metaphors in the discursive construction of patriotism: The case of Hong Kong’s constitutional reform debate. Discourse & Society, 18(3), 273–294. doi: 10.1177/0957926507075476
    https://doi.org/10.1177/0957926507075476 [Google Scholar]
  11. Goatly, A.
    (2002–2005) METALUDE: Metaphor at Lingnan University, Department of English. [RetrievedJune 13, 2017, fromwww.ln.edu.hk/lle/cwd/project01/web/introduction.html].
  12. (2007) Washing the brain: Metaphor and hidden ideology. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. doi: 10.1075/dapsac.23
    https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.23 [Google Scholar]
  13. Halliday, M., & Matthiessen, C.
    (2014) Halliday’s introduction to functional grammar. 4th ed.Abingdon: Routledge.
    [Google Scholar]
  14. Hart, C.
    (2010) Critical discourse analysis and cognitive science: New perspectives on immigration discourse. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/9780230299009
    https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230299009 [Google Scholar]
  15. (2014) Discourse, grammar and ideology: Functional and cognitive perspectives. London: Bloomsbury Academic.
    [Google Scholar]
  16. (2015) Discourse. InE. Dabrowska & D. Divjak (Eds.), Handbook of cognitive linguistics (pp.322–346). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. doi: 10.1515/9783110292022‑016
    https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110292022-016 [Google Scholar]
  17. Hong Kong Basic Law
    Hong Kong Basic Law (2012) Chapter IV: Political Structure. [RetrievedJanuary 12, 2017, fromwww.basiclaw.gov.hk/en/basiclawtext/chapter_4.html].
  18. Jeffries, L.
    (2010) Critical stylistics: The power of English. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978‑1‑137‑04516‑4
    https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-04516-4 [Google Scholar]
  19. Kövecses, Z.
    (2010) Metaphor: A practical introduction. 2nd ed.Oxford: Oxford University Press.
    [Google Scholar]
  20. Koller, V., & Semino, E.
    (2009) Metaphor, politics and gender: A case study from Germany. InK. Ahrens (Ed.), Politics, gender and conceptual metaphors (pp.9–35). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/9780230245235_2
    https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230245235_2 [Google Scholar]
  21. Lakoff, G.
    (1993) The contemporary theory of metaphor. InA. Ortony (Ed.), Metaphor and thought (pp.202–251). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9781139173865.013
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139173865.013 [Google Scholar]
  22. Lakoff, G., & Johnson, M.
    (1980) Metaphors we live by. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
    [Google Scholar]
  23. Lazar, M.
    (2009) Gender, war and body politics: A critical multimodal analysis of metaphor in advertising. InK. Ahrens (Ed.), Politics, gender and conceptual metaphors (pp.209–234). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/9780230245235_10
    https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230245235_10 [Google Scholar]
  24. Lee, F.
    (2015) Media communication and the Umbrella Movement: Introduction to the special issue. Chinese Journal of Communication, 8(4), 333–337. doi: 10.1080/17544750.2015.1090154
    https://doi.org/10.1080/17544750.2015.1090154 [Google Scholar]
  25. (2016) Opinion polling and construction of public opinion in newspaper discourses during the Umbrella Movement. Journal of Language and Politics, 15(5), 589–608. doi: 10.1075/jlp.15.5.05lee
    https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.15.5.05lee [Google Scholar]
  26. Lee, P., So, C., & Leung, L.
    (2015) Social media and Umbrella Movement: Insurgent public sphere in formation. Chinese Journal of Communication, 8(4), 356–375. doi: 10.1080/17544750.2015.1088874
    https://doi.org/10.1080/17544750.2015.1088874 [Google Scholar]
  27. Machin, D., & Mayr, A.
    (2012) How to do critical discourse analysis: A multimodal introduction. Los Angeles: Sage.
    [Google Scholar]
  28. Markert, K., & Nissim, M.
    (2006) Metonymic proper names: A corpus-based account. InA. Stefanowitsch & S. Gries (Eds.), Corpus-based approaches to metaphor and metonymy (pp.152–174). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
    [Google Scholar]
  29. Mey, J., & Ladegaard, H.
    (2015) Discourse, democracy and diplomacy: A pragmatic analysis of the Occupy Central movement in Hong Kong. Word, 61(4), 319–334. doi: 10.1080/00437956.2015.1112949
    https://doi.org/10.1080/00437956.2015.1112949 [Google Scholar]
  30. Musolff, A.
    (2010) Metaphor, nation and the holocaust: The concept of the body politic. New York: Routledge.
    [Google Scholar]
  31. Pragglejaz Group
    Pragglejaz Group (2007) MIP: A method for identifying metaphorically used words in discourse. Metaphor and Symbol, 22(1), 1–39. doi: 10.1080/10926480709336752
    https://doi.org/10.1080/10926480709336752 [Google Scholar]
  32. Sharifian, F.
    (2015a) Cultural Linguistics. InF. Sharifian (Ed.), The Routledge handbook of language and culture (pp.473–492). Abingdon: Routledge.
    [Google Scholar]
  33. (2015b) Cultural Linguistics and World Englishes. World Englishes, 34(4), 515–532. doi: 10.1111/weng.12156
    https://doi.org/10.1111/weng.12156 [Google Scholar]
  34. Sing, M.
    (2009) Hong Kong at the crossroads: Public pressure for democratic reform. InM. Sing (Ed.), Politics and government in Hong Kong: Crisis under Chinese sovereignty (pp.112–135). London: Routledge.
    [Google Scholar]
  35. Tabbert, U.
    (2015) Crime and corpus: The linguistic representation of crime in the press. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. doi: 10.1075/lal.20
    https://doi.org/10.1075/lal.20 [Google Scholar]
  36. Wang, G., & Wong, J.
    (2013) After smooth handover, now the hard part. InY. Zheng & C. Yew (Eds.), Hong Kong under Chinese rule: Economic integration and political gridlock (pp.3–19). Singapore: World Scientific Publishing. doi: 10.1142/9789814447676_0001
    https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814447676_0001 [Google Scholar]
  37. Wolf, H.-G., & Chan, T.
    (2016) Understanding Asia by means of cognitive sociolinguistics and cultural linguisticsthe example of ghosts in Hong Kong English. InG. Leitner, A. Hashim & H.-G. Wolf (Eds.), Communicating with Asia: The future of English as a global language (pp.249–266). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9781107477186.017
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107477186.017 [Google Scholar]
  38. Wolf, H.-G., & Juffermans, K.
    (2008) Conceptions of globalization in African and Western newspaper corpora: A case study. InH.-G. Wolf, L. Peter & F. Polzenhagen (Eds.), Focus on English: Linguistic structure, language variation and discursive use (pp.133–149). Leipzig: Leipziger Universitätsverlag.
    [Google Scholar]
  39. Wolf, H.-G., & Polzenhagen, F.
    (2007) Fixed expressions as manifestations of cultural conceptualizations: Examples from African varieties of English. InP. Skandera (Ed.), Phraseology and culture in English (pp.399–435). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. doi: 10.1515/9783110197860.399
    https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110197860.399 [Google Scholar]
/content/journals/10.1075/ijolc.4.2.05leu
Loading
/content/journals/10.1075/ijolc.4.2.05leu
Loading

Data & Media loading...

This is a required field
Please enter a valid email address
Approval was successful
Invalid data
An Error Occurred
Approval was partially successful, following selected items could not be processed due to error