Analysis of Taylor Swift’s Commencement Address at New York University from the Perspective of Conceptual Metaphor

As a kind of the types public speaking, purpose commencement address is to encourage and enhance self-confidence graduating college students. In recent years, research on speech discourse analysis has gradually aroused interest domestic scholars. Based theory conceptual metaphor put forward by Lakoff, this thesis analyzes metaphors Taylor Swift’s Commencement Address at New York University quantitatively qualitatively, aims reveal how speaker uses some language means achieve her speech. This paper can further enrich provide help for improvement oral appreciation skills English learners same time.