Framing and Reframing in Political Speech With Particular References to Cultural Deixis,Metaphor and Negation
In the study of the lexical meaning and discourse interpretation of political speech,utterance understanding can be combined with political stance,cultural context,and life experience on the basis of framing and reframing theories,which is advantageous for a better understanding of the speaker's intention and context.The State of the Union Addresses(2010 2011) given by American President Obama are taken as the research data to analyze three ways of framing and reframing in political speech,i.e.cultural deixis,metaphor,negation,and demonstrate their operation and functions.