Keywords
Lexicon
Semantic field
English news reports
Submitted : 2021-10-31
Accepted : 2021-11-15
Published : 2021-11-30
Abstract
Coronavirus disease, or simply COVID-19, has affected many regions worldwide. The pandemic has caused great losses from all walks of life. Millions of people have died from the virus. In order to facilitate people’s understanding of COVID-19, the present study adopts the theory of semantic field to analyze the COVID-19 lexicon that appeared in China Daily, an authoritative international daily newspaper issued by China. A total of 100 pieces of English news issued by China Daily have been randomly selected for this research. According to the theory of semantic field in structural linguistics, the meaning of a word cannot stand alone, but come into being with the meanings of its related words. Therefore, it is reasonable to try to understand COVID-19 as thoroughly as possible with relevant words, which form its semantic field.
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