基于语料库的英语新闻中人称代词的研究

An Analysis of Nominative Case Personal Pronoun Features in English News:Corpus-based

将自建语料库与参照语料库进行对比发现,在政治类英语新闻中,I,you,she使用频度较低,主要是由于他们所指代的内容主观感情色彩浓重,而政治类新闻具有客观、严谨、准确的特点;we和they使用较广泛,主要由于他们可避免将观点集中于某一个体,确保了观点的客观性和权威性;we和they常见的搭配词是can和will,说明在政治新闻中两者多用于鼓励民众、增强新闻影响力;we和they所共同搭配的动词为want,believe,think,说明两者常用于发表政府观点,表达民众的愿望、提议。

This study, by the comparison of a self-bulit corpus with reference corpora, explores nominative case personal pronouns features and their collocation in English political news. The results show that in English political news, the using frequency of ＂I, you, she＂ is lower, which can be explained by the accurate, rigorous and objective characteristics of political news. ＂We＂ and ＂they＂ are used broadly in English political news. This is because the news can make better manifestation of its. objectivity and authority in order to avoid the views focusing on one individual. In addition, ＂we＂and＂they＇are collocated by the modal words ＂can＂ and ＂will＂ in order to enhance the influence of news towards people. What is more, ＂we＂ and ＂they＂ co-exist with the verbs ＂want, believe, think＇to express the governmental attitudes as well as people＇ s proposals.