Corpus Based Study of Semantic Prosody：Methods and Meanings

摘要

With the development of corpus linguistics and the advances of corpus-based research, semantic prosody has aroused more attention and the study of semantic prosody has been growing. The corpus based study of semantic prosody brings more significance especially for ESL/EFL learners’ interlanguage study. This paper mainly introduces the definition of semantic prosody and the research method of corpus based study of semantic prosody. It also elaborates on the meanings of corpus based study of semantic prosody for ESL/EFL learners’ interlanguage study.