基于语料库的英美大学招生简章比较分析

A Corpus-Based Comparative Analysis of British and American University Enrollment Prospectus

招生简章是学生了解学校和进行申请或报考的重要依据。本文基于语料库，借用TagAnt、AntConc 以及WordSmith 三种软件，从类符/形符比、词汇密度、高频词、主题词、搭配、词长分析、平均句长分别对比分析了英美两国排名前十大学的招生简章，并辅以具体实例。研究发现两国大学招生简章中的高频词均以虚词为主，而主题词的选用以及搭配则有所差异。此外，在词汇使用上，美国大学招生简章更为丰富多样；而在句子使用上，英国大学招生简章长难句更多。

Enrollment prospectus is an important basis for applicants to know about the school and to apply or register. Based on the corpus, TagAnt, AntConc and WordSmith, this study uses specific examples to compare the enrollment prospectus of the top ten universities in the United Kingdom and the United States from the aspects of type/token ratio, lexical density, high frequency words, subject words, collocations, word length and average sentence length. The study finds that the high frequency words of the enrollment prospectus in two countries both focus on empty words, while the subject words and collocations are different. In terms of the word use, US universities are more diversified, while the sentences of the enrollment prospectus in UK universities are longer and more complex, which reflects the different language culture between the two countries.