外交话语中的中国形象特征及其成因探析
An Analysis of the Characteristics and Causes of China’s Image in Diplomatic Discourse

本文依据批评话语分析理论，以扩展意义单位模型为研究框架，借助语料库工具AntConc从节点词“China”的搭配词和典型类联接、语义倾向和语义韵的角度切入，分析2018~2022年海外署名文章英译文本中塑造的中国形象，并阐释其内在成因。研究发现，海外署名文章英译文本塑造了独立自主、积极有为、和平友好、自信开放、守信负责的中国形象。中国形象的成因不仅与中国外交政策、中国文化观念有关，还与话语建构策略密不可分。
In light of critical discourse analysis, the paper, using the model of Extended Units of Meaning and corpus tools AntConc, studies China’s image from the perspective of semantic preference and se-mantic prosody about both the collocations of the note word “China” and the typical lexical colliga-tions in the oversea signed articles (2018~2022) and interprets the causes behind it. The study re-veals that China’s image is independent, peaceful, friendly, confident, responsible and down-to- earth. It is argued that China’s image is greatly attributed to the foreign policy of Chinese govern-ment, the values of Chinese culture, and the use of discursive construction strategies.