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