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1、Some Analysis on News Headlines Features and Stylesabstract with the process of the globalization, more and more english newpapers are placed on chinese peoples tables. therefore, english headline becomes one of the reflections of their cultural characteristics of the english speaking countries. thi
2、s paper will present a general summary of english news headlines features and styles. meanwhile, many concrete examples are attached to each feature to illustrate it clearly.key words english news headline features styles1 .introductionas chinas reform and opening policy progress and china has more
3、contact with the outside world, we must be well-informed of what happens in other countries. one important way to achieve this end is to read english language newspapers. however, reading english language newspaper is not only an effective way to gain proficiency in english language, but also an acc
4、ess to know the english-speaking countries culture. as an applied language variety, journalistic english has its unique features at various language level, such as lexical level, grammatical level, and rhetorical level and it is independent from general english. these features pose challenges to chi
5、nese students. once these linguistic rules and principles are understood, many of the difficulties will disappear. english news headline is one of the active elements of journalistic english.newspaper headline is the heading printed in large letters above a story in a newpaper. it is the most import
6、ant part of a news story for several reasons. firstly, it usually summaries the whole story so the hurried reader can get the gist of the story at a glance. secondly, the headline draws the readers attention to the story. a good headline should be attractive, and be able to catch the readers attenti
7、on once his eyes fall upon it. thirdly, the headline helps the reader evaluate the news. since the headline summarizes the story, is expresses the theme, topic or subject of the story. by reading headlines, readers can decide whether the story is interesting or whether it is worth reading. the varie
8、ties help make the whole layout of the newspaper diversified, striking, proportionate and harmonious, thus achieving the desired effect.in this paper, i would like to study journalistic english through some analyses on english news headlines which is one of the essential elements of it. the emphasis
9、 is on the features and styles of news headline. however, it is impossible to ignore the study on the classification and functions of english news headline.2.functions of news headlinesa good news headline is a good piece of news itself. it gives the first impression of a news item and offers the mo
10、st valuable information. it plays a significant role in reading newspaper. therefore, news headline, in a great extent, prescribes the content of a news item. generally speaking, the functions of news headline mainly shows in three aspects: arousing the readers interest; beautifying the newspaper pa
11、ge and indicating how important each news item is. among them, the most important function is indicating the most valuable parts of a news item to readers. new headline shows the readers the most significant content of a new report in fewest words and most conspicuous forms. only in this way, reader
12、s can choose the news which is necessary to read or know the important information as soon as possible through browsing the newspapers. for the time-limited people, they can obtain the general information with the help of skimming the news headline. readers can make choice to read new items accordin
13、g to the headlines. in modern society, the business-occupied people only read news headlines because of the rapid pace of city life and variety of newly born newspaper and magazines. in conclusion, news headline plays a significant role in the time-limited world. it helps people get information as s
14、oon as possible without wasting time.3.classifications of english news headlinesnews headline in newspaper appears in front of the readers eyes in various styles and forms. actually there is not a certain statistic to show how many kinds of headlines. the following are commonly seen in most english
15、language papers and the classifications are according to different standards.3.1 in terms of forms and contents3.1.1 straight headlineit is the easiest news headline for the readers to understand. this kind of news headline usually highly summarizes the news item and represents readers the most valu
16、able content. from this, the readers can get an impression of the directness and vividness of english language. now let us have some examples to illustrate it.a.girls die in blazeb.taiwan recognizes mainland currency3.1.2 headlines that contain a question(1) indicating things are likely to happen in
17、 the future, such as,a.oil price to riseb.opec to raise oil output?(2) doubting about the reality of some affairsa.korea unity in fire year?b.a europe “with one voice”?c.police allowed jailbreak?those who know the situation or have the common sense would suspect the above news item and their possibi
18、lities.(3)representing the reasons of a specific eventa.murder on campus: can it be averted?b.why congress dont work?from above, we can come to a conclusion naturally that the appropriate use of question type news headline can have an unexpected effect and the readers interest can be aroused more ea
19、sily than statement types because of its diversification and uncertainty.3.1.3 headlines that contain a quotation(1) using the reasonable words from people as a news headlinelets share a typical example:” we owe lives to our pilots”. this news headline is a sentence said by someone.(2) directly usin
20、g words from the interviewer or a spokesmana.”we have to save our people”b.”we dont quit”c.un chief talks here “ positive”(3) using words or opinion without improvement as a headlinethere is an example to make the point:” vietnam: us planning another war”(4) the meaning of the words with a quotation
21、 mark usually differs from its general meaning.norse “invasion”3.1.4 feature headlinesfeature stories should have feature headlines. the feature headlines are marked by language that can touch a readers curiosity, amazement, skepticism or humor. they reflect the tones of the stories rather than summ
22、arize the facts in them, e.g.once-destitute village waves straw into gold3.2 from language and worlds technologyfrom the language and words technology, the news headline can be divided into the following types:3.2.1 precisea .starstruck(time)b.mugwump britain(the spectator)c.anything but beef(the ec
23、onomist)d.battle for brains(financial times)the examples above use only one or two words. however, all of these news headlines represent the themes of these news items.3.2.2 long and prolixa.it must be a victory which peace can be built(the sunday times)b.heavy loses are reported in fighting in sout
24、h lebanon and along the coast( the sunday times)these two news headlines can be rewritten in much briefer ways like this:a.peace can be built only on a victoryb.heavy loses for fighting in lebanonthis type of news headline is limited to appear in newspaper because of the restriction of the page make
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