Through reexamining the three major views on semantic prosody, the present paper aims at seeking the origins of the differences between these definitions as well as their common grounds.

• 本文通过追溯最为通行的定义语义韵的三个角度,分析其各自侧重及理论基础来探讨不同定义的成因以及各定义之间的本质相通之处。