北京第二外国语学院学报 ›› 2015, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (2): 1-.

• 语言学研究 •    下一篇

从CRISIS探究美国经济状况——基于语料库的CRISIS研究

郭桂杭 梁 倩   

  1. 广东外语外贸大学 广东广州 510420
  • 收稿日期:2014-09-19 出版日期:2015-02-28 发布日期:2018-03-20
  • 作者简介:郭桂杭(1970— ),男,福建上杭人,广东外语外贸大学国际商务英语学院教授,主要从事商务英语的教学与研究。 梁倩(1990— ),女,广东阳江人,广东外语外贸大学国际商务英语学院在读硕士研究生,主要从事商务英语语言研究。
  • 基金资助:
    本文为2012年度广东省高等学校教学质量与教学改革工程本科类立项建设项目“跨学科国际化商务人才培养模式的创新与实践”(2012152)的阶段性成果。

An Insight into American Economy——A Corpus-based Study of CRISIS

Guo Guihang / Liang Qian   

  1. Guangdong University of Foreign Studies,Guangzhou 510420,China
  • Received:2014-09-19 Online:2015-02-28 Published:2018-03-20

摘要: 本文以COHA、COCA两个美国语料库提供的大量客观、真实的数据为依据,探讨CRISIS在近200年的历时演变及其搭配词的特征,以期从话语研究中获取美国的经济状况信息。研究表明:(1)从20世纪30年代开始,CRISIS的使用频率突然飙升,而后一直都是美国大众关注的重点;(2)CRISIS的搭配词具有很强的商务性倾向,ECONOMIC CRISIS与FINANCIAL CRISIS共现频率最高;ECONOMIC CRISIS与ENERGY CRISIS分别对应20世纪30年代和70年代美国面临的最严重的两次危机,也成为了这两个时期美国经济的标志性事件;(3)在动词性搭配词方面,最常见的搭配词是FACING。统计对比后发现,应对危机的具有积极语义韵动词在语料库中共现的频率高于具有消极语义韵的动词,这表明美国社会在积极寻求解决危机的途径与方法。

关键词: 语料库; CRISIS; 商务话语; 美国经济

Abstract: Based on a large number of objective, factual data in COHA and COCA, this research explores the evolution of CRISIS during the past 200 years and its features of collocation in order to interpret the American economy from the perspective of discourse studies. The results of research have shown that: 1)in the 1930s, CRISIS suddenly surged in frequency of use, and from then on, it has become the public concern of the United States; 2)the collocations of CRISIS are likely to fall into the category of business. ECONOMIC CRISIS and FINANCIAL CRISIS demonstrate the highest frequency; ECONOMIC CRISIS and ENERGY CRISIS refer to the most serious crisis facing the United States in the1930s and 1970s respectively, which became a landmark in the American economy; 3)for the verb-collocations, the most common collocationis FACING. The statistical comparison indicates that words with positive semantic prosody are used more frequently than those with negative semantic prosody, suggesting that American society is actively seeking ways to address the crises.

Keywords: corpus; CRISIS; business discourse; American economy