Metaphorical framing in political discourse through words vs. concepts: a meta-analysis
Metaphorical framing in political discourse through words vs. concepts: a meta-analysis
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DOI：
10.1017/langcog.2019.5
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发表时间：
2019-03-01
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1.8
通讯作者：
Vis, Barbara
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作者：
Brugman, Britta C.;Burgers, Christian;Vis, Barbara
概念隐喻理论和隐喻研究中的其他重要理论经常通过研究隐喻框架对个体推理的影响来进行实验检验。隐喻框架至少可以通过两个层次的分析来识别：词与概念。以往对隐喻框架效应的研究主要集中在通过词语的隐喻框架（隐喻-词语框架）而不是通过概念的隐喻框架（隐喻-概念框架）。这意味着这些综述只包括实验性研究，这些研究着眼于单个单词的变化，而不是更广泛的信息逻辑。为此，我们进行了一项元分析（k = 91，N = 34,783），以比较两种类型的隐喻框架的说服力。鉴于隐喻使用的模式在不同的语篇域中存在差异，并且其效果可能在不同的模态和语篇域中存在差异，我们只关注一种呈现模式和一个语篇域：政治语篇中的言语隐喻框架。结果表明，与非隐喻性框架相比，隐喻性词汇框架和隐喻性概念框架都对信念和态度产生了积极的影响。然而，这些影响是更大的隐喻概念框架。因此，我们认为，未来的研究应该更明确地描述和证明哪一个层次的分析是选择来检查隐喻框架的性质和效果。
Conceptual metaphor theory and other important theories in metaphor research are often experimentally tested by studying the effects of metaphorical frames on individuals' reasoning. Metaphorical frames can be identified by at least two levels of analysis: words vs. concepts. Previous overviews of metaphorical-framing effects have mostly focused on metaphorical framing through words (metaphorical-words frames) rather than through concepts (metaphorical-concepts frames). This means that these overviews included only experimental studies that looked at variations in individual words instead of at the broader logic of messages. For this reason, we conducted a meta-analysis (k = 91, N = 34,783) to compare the persuasive impact of both types of metaphorical frames. Given that patterns of metaphor usage differ across discourse domains, and that effects may differ across modalities and discourse domains, we focused on one mode of presentation and one discourse domain only: verbal metaphorical framing in political discourse. Results showed that, compared to non-metaphorical frames, both metaphorical-words and metaphorical-concepts frames positively influenced beliefs and attitudes. Yet, these effects were larger for metaphorical-concepts frames. We therefore argue that future research should more explicitly describe and justify which level of analysis is chosen to examine the nature and effects of metaphorical framing.