Abstract
On the basis of Conceptual Metaphor Theory proposed by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson, this paper conducts a cognitive analysis of conceptual metaphors in Donald J. Trump’s State of the Union Address in 2020, aiming to explain the metaphors in the State of the Union Address, reveal the political intentions hidden behind the metaphors, and construe the relationship between politics and metaphor. It is found that the metaphors in this State of the Union Address are: CONFLICT metaphors, BUILDING metaphor, JOURNEY metaphors, ORIENTATIONAL metaphors, and PLANT metaphors. Through the analysis, this paper concludes that conceptual metaphor has the function of persuading the masses and shaping the image of politicians. At the same time, this paper also finds that politics restricts the choice and application of metaphor.
Highlights
IntroductionGenesis 11 (Moses, 2nd millennium B.C.a) claims that GOD “confused the language of the whole world”
Genesis 11 (Moses, 2nd millennium B.C.a) claims that GOD “confused the language of the whole world”(Moses, 2nd millennium B.C.a), when languages suddenly burst out, so that people want to find linguistic evidence for such confusion and words‟ true etymology
Because of many misinterpretations from mainstream religions and false hypothesis of natural origin, numerous linguists hypothesized that initial words were created by humans rather than divinely, and intrinsic mutual connection among different languages in the common definitive biblical etymology was not presented until this set of testimonies
Summary
Genesis 11 (Moses, 2nd millennium B.C.a) claims that GOD “confused the language of the whole world”. (Moses, 2nd millennium B.C.a), when languages suddenly burst out, so that people want to find linguistic evidence for such confusion and words‟ true etymology. Because of many misinterpretations from mainstream religions and false hypothesis of natural origin, numerous linguists hypothesized that initial words were created by humans rather than divinely, and intrinsic mutual connection among different languages in the common definitive biblical etymology was not presented until this set of testimonies. Linguists hypothesized that nose represents self because people pointed to their own nose when introducing each other (Liu, 2017), its real etymology is Adam‟s nose of breath of life in Genesis 2:7 (Moses, 2nd millennium B.C.a). Traditional hypothesis on linguistic origin that dominated the field in the last century has to be completely revised
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