| Ecological metaphor is a technique used in ecological discourse.It is an effective way to promote human beings to respect and protect nature.As a language phenomenon,it plays a significant role in advocating people to protect the ecosystem that supports life.Systematic functional linguistics is a subject to study a form of language activity in context,exploring how language constructs meaning in context.Therefore,due to the outstanding achievements of the systematic functional linguistics on the research of function,it is an important way to explore the function of ecological metaphor.The study which analyzes the ecological metaphors in the discourse of President Xi from the perspective of systemic functional linguistics is based on the ecological discourse spoken by President Xi from 2012 to 2020.It aims to analyze ideational function,the interpersonal function and textual function of the ecological metaphors in the ecological discourse of President Xi and to explore the ecosophy advocated by President Xi.The study finds that there are many vivid metaphorical expressions in the discourse of President Xi,which have the function of constructing the ecological strategies and advocating the development of ecological civilization in the ideational meaning,and which have the function of expressing deep feelings for the people and advocating their passion for ecology in the interpersonal meaning,which can also lead to the ecological direction and determine the target to walk towards the beautiful China in the textual meaning.The study also proves the extensive applicability of the functional linguistics.On the other hand,it also provides a new perspective for the study of ecological metaphor. |
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