THE CORPUS BASED ANALYSES OF COLLOCATIONS IN ENGLISH BROADSHEET NEWSPAPERS

Abstract

Annotation: This study conducts a corpus-based analysis of verb-noun collocations in English broadsheet newspapers using the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA). The research identifies how formal media discourse employs strategic collocational choices to enhance clarity, construct ideological framing, and maintain journalistic objectivity. By integrating distributional semantics and contextual analysis, the study reveals how semantic prosody and lexical patterns influence reader perception and communicative intent. Comparing COCA with other corpora such as BNC and enTenTen, the findings emphasize the role of collocations in shaping stylistic and pragmatic distinctions within broadsheet journalism.