The rule of law and the threat of civil disobedience in Hong Kong: metaphorical structures in local media coverage
Leung, W. L., & Eagleton, J. (2019). The rule of law and the threat of civil disobedience in Hong Kong: metaphorical structures in local media coverage. Linguistics Journal, 13(1), 173-196. https://www.elejournals.com/linguistics-journal/linguistics-journal-volume-13-issue-1-2019/
Abstract
This corpus-based study compares media reports about the rule of law in Hong Kong SAR both before the threat of the Occupy Central with Love and Peace campaign in 2013 and after its realisation in 2014. The study compiled media corpora from English newspapers in Hong Kong (South China Morning Post and The Standard) and China (China Daily, Hong Kong Edition). It compared prevalent metaphors related to the rule of law between the two periods.Prominent metaphors identified are explained with reference to historical legacies of the rule of law in Hong Kong and the principle of One Country, Two Systems.
