A Corpus-based Study On The Dissemination And Reception Of The Concept Of Chinese Dream In English-speaking Countries

With the development of economic globalization and multi-polarization,international right of speech plays an increasingly crucial role in various international affairs.Therefore,almost all the countries are trying their best to construct their own discourse systems to intensify their international right of speech.Then,as an indispensable part of discourse system,political terms and their dissemination and reception in other countries have a great impact on the image of a country and its international right of speech.As the dominant ideology of the new generation of central collective leadership with Xi Jinping at the core,Chinese Dream has been in the limelight in different fields around the world.Given this situation,based on critical discourse analysis,the author built a Chinese Dream corpus with news reports containing English translations of Chinese Dream in mainstream news media in English-speaking countries from 2008 to 2016,and used corpus-based methods including high-frequency collocates,concordance lines,and context to explore the dissemination and reception of the concept of Chinese Dream in English-speaking countries.The study reveals that after Chinese Dream was proposed officially,most of the related news reports in English-speaking countries were relatively favorable and objective.Overall,the number of news reports containing English translations of Chinese Dream increased sharply and stayed at a relatively high level.Besides,the number of news reports with negative attitudes towards Chinese Dream decreased.And mainstream news media in English-speaking countries gradually realized that Chinese Dream and American dream had different connotations.Meanwhile,understanding towards the connotations of Chinese Dream kept up with the development of Chinese society and became increasingly comprehensive.However,there still existed satiric comments and misreadings inevitably,which could hinder the achievement of Chinese Dream.The study shows that China has started to disseminate its culture and ideologies by political terms with Chinese characteristics,for the further sake of building a beautiful image of China and enhancing its international right of speech.