在全球相对和平的环境中,尽管没有爆发大规模冲突,但局部冲突频发,如俄乌冲突、巴以冲突。在关于地域冲突的新闻研究中,动词“attack”频繁出现。基于美国当代语料库(COCA),本研究聚焦于“attack”动词的扩展意义单位,探讨其搭配、类联接特征、语义倾向及语境中传达的语义韵。研究发现,“attack”动词可与多种词类构成复杂句法结构,其搭配词多具有攻击性语义倾向,体现消极的语义韵,但也有少量表现出积极的语义韵。这一分析为新闻研究和地域冲突理解提供了视角,有助于更准确解读地域冲突新闻的复杂信息。In a relatively peaceful global context, despite the absence of large-scale wars, localized conflicts occur frequently, such as the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Palestine conflicts. In war news studies, the verb “attack” frequently appears. Based on data from the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA), this study focuses on the extended meaning units of the verb “attack,” exploring its collocations, colligational characteristics, semantic preference, and the semantic prosody conveyed in context. The findings reveal that the verb “attack” forms complex syntactic structures with various word classes, with collocates often exhibiting an aggressive semantic inclination, reflecting a negative semantic prosody, though a few instances demonstrate a positive semantic prosody. This analysis provides a perspective for news research and understanding of regional conflicts, contributing to a more accurate interpretation of the complex information within war-related news.
