基于语料库对新闻英语中连字式复合词的研究

论文摘要

新闻英语因其自身特点与普通英语有着不少差异。本文通过连字式复合词在报刊新闻英语(WNE)、广播新闻英语(BNE)和普通英语(BNC)三个语料库之间的使用对比,旨在从语言学角度出发研究连字式复合词在新闻英语中的特点。通过分析,得出以下结果:1.连字式复合词在新闻英语中的使用频率高于普通英语,并且其在报刊新闻英语中使用频率远远高于广播新闻英语。2.三个语料库中连字式复合词的构词数倾向于使用两个词或三个词。报刊新闻英语中用来合成连字式复合词的构词数比较多样化。3.根据词性的不同,三个语料库中的连字式复合词可分为五大类:复合形容词、复合名词、复合副词、复合动词和复合感叹词。五大类连字式复合词的词性排序在三个语料库中也无显著差别。连字式复合形容词的使用频率最大,其次是连字式复合名词。4.与普通英语不同,连字式复合词在报刊新闻英语和广播新闻英语中多被用作前置修饰语。报刊新闻英语中被用作前置修饰语的连字式复合词明显高于广播新闻英语。5.报刊新闻英语和广播新闻英语中,连字式复合词的组成成分的平均词长低于普通英语。与普通英语相比,新闻英语多使用包含一个字母到四个字母的词来合成连字式复合词。6.三个语料库中,根据连字式复合词的内部成分的词性的不同,名词多被用来合成连字式复合词。与普通英语和广播新闻英语不同,专有名词在报刊新闻英语中多被用来合成连字式复合词。

论文目录

• 摘要
• Abstract
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• 1.1 Background to the Study
• 1.2 Purpose and Significance of the Study
• 1.3 Structure of the Study
• Chapter 2 Literature Review
• 2.1 Lexical Characteristics of News English
• 2.1.1 Lexical Characteristics of Written News English
• 2.1.2 Lexical Characteristics of Broadcasting News English
• 2.2 The Study of Compound Words
• 2.2.1 Classification from Written Form Perspective
• 2.2.1.1 Solid Compounds
• 2.2.1.2 Open Compounds
• 2.2.1.3 Hyphenated Compounds
• 2.2.2 Classification from Parts of Speech Perspective
• 2.2.2.1 Noun Compounds
• 2.2.2.2 Adjective Compounds
• 2.2.2.3 Verb Compounds
• 2.2.3 Characteristics of Compound Words
• Chapter 3 Data Collection and Research Method
• 3.1 Three Corpora Used in the Study
• 3.1.1 Establishment of WNE Corpus
• 3.1.2 Selection of BNC and BNE Corpora
• 3.2 Methods of Analysis
• 3.2.1 Instruments
• 3.2.2 Research Procedures
• Chapter 4 Data Analysis and Discussion
• 4.1 Analysis of Hyphenated Compound Words
• 4.1.1 Overall Frequency of Hyphenated Compound Words
• 4.1.2 Numbers of the Components of Hyphenated Compound Words
• 4.1.3 Classification from Perspective of Different Parts of Speech
• 4.1.4 Functions of Hyphenated Compound Words in WNE
• 4.1.4.1 Heavy Use of Pre-modification
• 4.1.4.2 Little Use of Non-premodification
• 4.2 Analysis of the Components of Hyphenated Compound Words
• 4.2.1 Word Length of the Components
• 4.2.2 Parts of Speech of the Components
• Chapter 5 Conclusions
• 5.1 The Major Findings
• 5.2 Implications
• 5.3 Limitations
• References
• Appendices
• Acknowledgements
• Resume