Contents
Acknowledgements
Abstract
摘要
Chapter One Introduction-1
1.1 Background of the Study-1
1.2 Previous Study on Air Crash News-1
1.3 Data Collection-2
1.4 Purpose and Significance of the Study-2
1.5 Structure of the Thesis-3
Chapter Two Comparative Analysis of Air Crash News in China Daily and The New York Times from the Lexical Perspective-4
2.1 Introduction of Air Crash News-4
2.2 Methods Adopted in Analyzing this Thesis-4
2.3 Similarities and Differences of Air Crash News in China Daily and The New York Times-5
2.3.1 Study from the Perspective of Word Classes-5
2.3.1.1 Similarities of Air Crash News in China Daily and The New York Times from the Perspective of Word Classes-5
2.3.1.1.1 Article-6
2.3.1.1.2 Preposition-7
2.3.1.1.3 Conjunction-8
2.3.1.1.4 Verb-9
2.3.1.1.5 Personal Pronoun-11
2.3.1.1.6 Adjective-13
2.3.1.2 Differences of Air Crash News in China Daily and The New York Times from the Perspective of Word Classes-13
2.3.1.2.1 Pronoun-13
2.3.1.2.2 Noun-14
2.3.2 Study from the Perspective of Word Meanings-15
2.3.2.1 Similarities of Air Crash News in China Daily and The New York Times from the Perspective of Word Meanings-15
2.3.2.1.1 The Fuzzy Words-15
2.3.2.1.2 The Extreme Words-17
2.3.2.2 Differences of Air Crash News in China Daily and The New York Times from the Perspective of Word Meanings-18
2.3.2.2.1 The Positive Words-19
2.3.2.2.2 The Negative Words-19
2.3.2.2.3 The Neutral Words-20
2.3.3.3 Reasons to Cause Differences-20
2.3.3.3.1 The Cultural Reasons-20
2.3.3.3.2 The Political Reasons-20
2.3.3.3.3 The Linguistic Reasons-21
2.4 Strategies to Deal with Differences-21
Chapter Three Conclusion-23
References-24