基于CNN科技新聞的科技新詞構(gòu)詞分析.pdf

1、華中科技大學(xué)碩士學(xué)位論文基于CNN科技新聞的科技新詞構(gòu)詞分析姓名：陳媛媛申請(qǐng)學(xué)位級(jí)別：碩士專業(yè)：外國語言學(xué)及應(yīng)用語言學(xué)指導(dǎo)教師：許明武20060429華 中 科 技 大 學(xué) 碩 士 學(xué) 位 論 文 IAbstract The idea of this thesis was originated from some books and articles about English neolo

2、gisms and everyday news on science and technology in which EST neologisms found their appearance. Newspaper and websites, being the quickest and most widely spread medium, serve as a major cra

3、dle for the creation of new words. With the quick development of modern science and technology, the English language is also undergoing great changes, among which the most conspicuous one is

4、in English vocabulary. More and more EST neologisms have come into existence, firstly appearing in the news media, causing some difficulty in reading the news, or even causing some serious con

5、sequences due to misunderstanding of the neologisms. So it is imperative to make an analysis on the EST neologisms to facilitate understanding of them and the news that involve these neologisms

6、. Among all those media, either printed or electric version, the author chooses the source from the news about science and technology from June, 2005 till January, 2006 on CNN website, which

7、involve about 500 items of news. In history, the previous researches on the English neologisms put the emphasis upon the collection and explanation of these new words. On the basis of previou

8、s research, this thesis explores the reasons and methods of the coining of EST neologisms. As for the methods of the production of neologisms, eight of them are mentioned in this thesis- - compounding, a

9、ffixation, shortening, blending, conversion, analogy, borrowing and old words putting on new meaning, etc. A quantitative analysis for each kind of coining method is done, with the result shown

10、in tables. For those neologisms that do not fit any conventional word formation categories, the thesis also attempts to explain the formation process from the creator's psychological perspecti