Abstract:

Based on the theoretical framework of Critical Cognitive Linguistics, this study comparatively analyzes the discursive strategies of Japanese and American leaders’ political speeches from the perspectives of cognitive discourse and cognitive context. By applying the theory of construal operation, the study examines the discourse intention behind the text while exploring the interactive relationship between discursive strategies and social context with reference to both the macro and micro contexts. The results indicate that the leaders of Japan and the United States both use referential strategies, predication strategies, proximisation strategies, and legitimizing strategies to manipulate the audience’s cognition and emotion in political communication, thus achieving discursive coercion and persuasion. Furthermore, the findings demonstrate that Critical Cognitive Linguistics has strong explanatory power in the study of cross-language discourse construction and that the approach of combining cognitive discourse and cognitive context is feasible.

Keywords: Critical Cognitive Linguistics; Critical Discourse Analysis; discursive strategies; cognitive mechanism; social context

摘要：

本文在批评认知语言学的理论框架内，从认知话语和认知语境两个维度对日美领导人政治演讲语篇的话语策略进行了对比分析，通过运用识解操作理论，解析语篇背后的话语意图，并结合宏观和微观语境，探讨话语策略和社会语境间的互动关系。研究表明，日美两国领导人在政治交际中均运用指称策略、述谓策略、接近策略和合法化策略来操控受众的认知和情感，以实现话语的强制和说服的目的。研究结果还说明批评认知语言学对跨语言话语建构研究具有较强的解释力，认知话语和认知语境相结合的研究路径也具有一定的可行性。

关键词: 批评认知语言学, 批评话语分析, 话语策略, 认知机制, 社会语境