A Study of the Conceptual Metaphors in Business Discourse in The Economist AcknowledgementsDuring the writing of the paper, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the following people for their invaluable help and support.My deepest gratitude goes first and foremost to Teacher Chen Ming, my supervisor. He has set an example for me with his rigorous and meticulous style in the work and study. He is always patient and encouraging, which has given me the endless inspiration and helped me a lot from the topic of the paper, data collection, to writing the paper and arranging the whole process.My next thanks go to all of the tutors of the course who offered me their help whenever I need it.Last but not least, a great “thank you” to my parents for their love and financial and emotional support without which I would not be able to complete my studies and write this paper.1内 容 摘 要隐喻是一种普遍的语言现象，关于隐喻的研究已经历史悠久。20 世纪80 年代，概念隐喻理论思想首先由莱考夫和约翰逊在《我们赖以生存的隐喻》一书中提出来，迎来了隐喻研究的认知世界。作为认知语言学最重要的理论之一的概念隐喻自提出以来，就受到学者的广泛关注。 隐喻渗透于人类生活的各个方面，由于经济现象和经济概念的抽象性隐喻被经济学家广泛应用于经济语篇中，用读者熟知的、有形的、具体的概念来阐释陌生的、无形的、抽象的概念，便于认知和理解。概念隐喻包括方位隐喻、本体隐喻和结构隐喻三大类, 而英汉经济语篇中含有大量隐喻，本文将以经济学人多篇报道为选材，通过对这些财经报道文本中所使用的隐喻表达进行分类论述,基于最新的语料来帮助读者理解这些抽象的经济话语,作者发现，其中方位隐喻中出现频率最高的是上下隐喻，结构隐喻中出现频率最高的是战争隐喻，而本体隐喻频率最高的是人体隐喻。其次，通过研究鲜2活语言的使用规律和揭示语言的本质，使广大读者能够通过本研究掌握概念隐喻的表达技巧，加强英语学习者在阅读财经类文章时的隐喻意识，以期对专门英语学习者相关词汇、文体意识的培养...
