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Chapter12StylisticsofjournalisticEnglish
Chapter12StylisticsofJournalisticEnglish
Contents
1.Introduction
2.DefinitionofjournalismandjournalisticEnglish
3.StylisticanalysisofjournalisticEnglish
3.1Stylisticfeaturesofheadlines
3.2StylisticfeaturesofjournalisticEnglishtexts
3.3Comments
4.Researchprospects
5.Summary
1.Introduction
ThischapterismainlyconcernedwiththeanalysisofthestylisticfeaturesofjournalisticEnglishandtheirstylisticeffects.
2.DefinitionofjournalismandjournalisticEnglish
2.1Definitionofjournalism
Theword“journalism”isderivedfrom“journal”originatingfromtheLatinword“diurnalis”whichmeans“day”.NewWebster’sDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguagedefines“journal”as“anewspaperorotherperiodicalpublisheddaily;anymagazineorperiodical,esp.,onepublishedforaspecialpurpose”.Tobebrief,journalispublishedregularly(daily,weekly,ormonthly,etc.),anditprovidessomeup-datedinformationforreaders.
Journalismisdefinedas“thedisciplineofgathering,writingandreportingnews,andbroadlyitincludestheprocessofeditingandpresentingthenewsarticles”(http:
//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:
Journalism)oras“theproductionofnewsreportsandeditorialsthroughmediasuchasnewspapers,magazines,radio,televisionandtheInternet”(http:
//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalism).
2.2DefinitionofjournalisticEnglish
JournalisticEnglish,inanarrowsense,referstothelanguageofEnglishnewsreporting,whichembodiesthetypicalcharacteristicsofjournalisticEnglish;inabroadsense,itdealswiththelanguageusedinnewsreporting,newscast,featurearticlesandopinionwriting.
Toputitanotherway,thelanguageofjournalismiswrittentoreadasisprintedinnewspapersandmagazines【这一句去掉】;ThestyleofjournalisticEnglishvariesfromformaltoinformalalongthecontinuumofformality.Itscoveragerangesfrompolitics,economics,technology,culture,sports,andenvironmenttoentertainment.
Actually,journalisticEnglishhasitsownuniquecharacteristics,whichseeminglydonotconformtocommonEnglishprinciples.WithoutsomecommandofbasicfeaturesinjournalisticEnglish,itisdifficultforreaderstototallygraspthemessagesonEnglishnewspapers.
JournalisticEnglishisofvitalimportancenotonlytojournalistsbutalsotoreaders.EnglishnewspapersareperhapsthebestmaterialforlearningmodernEnglish.
3.StylisticanalysisofjournalisticEnglish
TomakeaconvincingportrayalofthestylisticfeaturesofjournalisticEnglish,wewillselectourexamplesatrandomfromtheworld-renownednewspaperssuchastheTheMirror,TheTimes,TheNewYorkTimes,TheNewYorkPost,TheReuters【其它都是报刊,这个是新闻机构,是否可以并列?
拿不准就删除吧】,andChinaDaily.Becauseofthevitalimportanceofheadlines,thestylisticfeaturesofheadlineswillfirstbediscussedbeforethediscussionofthestylisticfeaturesofjournalisticEnglish.
3.1Stylisticfeaturesofheadlines
Anewspaperusuallyhasdozensofpages.Itisunimaginablethatacommonreadershouldreadthenewspaperwordbywordfromtheverybeginningtotheend.Thenewsheadlineistheeyeofnewsandthehighlyartisticcondensation,themostimportantfunctionofwhichistoattractthereaders’attentionaswellastoarousetheircuriositytoreadon.ThelanguageoftheEnglishnewsheadlinesisconcise,readable,aestheticandnovel,whichdiffersalotfromotherstylesofwriting.Moreover,thenewsheadlineisdesignedtofulfillmanyfunctions,amongwhichtheattractivefunctionisthemostimportantone.
3.1.1Graphologicalfeatures
Thetypographicsubstancewhichcarrieslanguageisthevehicleofanotherkindofmeaning,conveyedsimultaneouslybythechoiceofscript,lettersize,spacingandsoon.Thiskindofmeaning,occurringtogetherwithlinguisticmeaning,isparalinguistic.
3.1.1.1Capitalization
Capitalizationusuallymeansthewritingofawordwithitsfirstletterasanuppercaseandtheremaininglettersinlowercase.Differentcapitalizationstylescreatedifferentvisualeffects.Normally,therearethreecommonlyusedcapitalizationdevicesfortheheadlines.
(1)Upper-and-lowercase
Thefirstcapitalizationstyleofheadlinesistheupper-and-lowercase.Generally,thefirstletterofeachwordiscapitalizedwithprepositionsinlowercase.Forexample,
WithBuilderinBankruptcy,BuyersAreLeftOut(formTheNewYorkTimes,Jan.3,2008)
TeenagersintheCitySmokeLess,ReportFinds(fromTheNewYorkTimes,Jan.3,2008)
ItseemsthatTheNewYorkTimesfavorsthiskindofcapitalization.
(2)All-capitalizedheadlines
Theall-capitalizedheadlinereferstotheformthateveryletterintheheadlineiscapitalizedregardlessoftheirwordclasses.Thiskindofheadlineisparticularlyeye-catching.Forexample,
MAKEAGOOD‘LIVING’(fromTheNewYorkPost,J
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