AN ANALYSIS OF PHYSIOLOGICAL METAPHORICAL MODELS IN RUSSIAN-CHINESE POLITICAL DISCOURSE

Abstract

The article is based on an analysis of Russian-Chinese political texts, the subject of the research-physiological metaphorical models in Russian-Chinese political speech. Physiological metaphors, often found in Chinese and Russian political speech, are rhetorical devices that metaphorically denote political phenomena, policies or leaders’ traits through physiological features, functions or states of the human body. The objective of the study is to analyse the differences and similarities of physiological metaphors in Russian and Chinese political speech, as well as the cognitive mechanisms and pragmatic meanings of the corresponding political metaphors in relation to social and cultural contexts, based on the theory of metaphorical modelling of the Russian scientist A.P. Chudinov from the cognitive and cultural points of view in combination with the method of discourse analysis. The task is to investigate the similarities and differences between Russian and Chinese ways of thinking about political metaphors, and to provide empirical support for constructing and improving an ‘anthropomorphic’ metaphorical system for Russian-Chinese political speech. Other tasks also include analyzing the extracted physiological metaphorical models, summarising and generalising the characteristics of physiological metaphorical models in Russian-Chinese political speech, and proposing relevant theoretical explanations. The theoretical significance lies in enriching and improving the theoretical system in the field of political linguistics and metaphor research, providing new perspectives and methods for the comparative study of Russian-Chinese political speech; the practical significance lies in providing linguistic reference books for Russian-Chinese political and cultural exchanges, promoting mutual understanding and cooperation between the two countries, and providing a certain amount of reference data for the study of Russian-Chinese political speech. The results of the study can be used in many fields such as linguistic research, intercultural communication, translation and teaching, and sociological research.