Beschreibung:
Metaphor and Entertainment presents the very first, large-scale exploration of metaphor in Chinese online entertainment news, one of the most vibrant and controversial news genres in contemporary China.
1. Introduction 2. Entertainment News Genre in China 3. Researching Metaphor in Chinese 4. Metaphor Analysis and News Corpora 5. Metaphor and Onlookers' Entertainment 6. Metaphor and Creative and Playful Entertainment 7. Metaphor in Chinese 'Entertainmentalised' News 8. Metaphor, Entertainment and Contemporary China