A Corpus-based Analysis of Keywords in Chinese Government Work Reports and State of the Union from the Perspective of Political Linguistics

摘要

This study compared and analyzed the features of keywords and their collocations in corpora:Chinese Government Work Reports and State of the Union(USA).A further comparison and analysis of the collocations of“develop”and“improve”was then conducted from the perspective of political linguistics.Results suggested that China and the United States have their own emphasis of government work.It was also indicated that“we”and“will”are both high-frequency keywords and combinations of“develop”and“improve”,which shows that both countries give the highest priority to narrowing the distance between the government and the public.