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TheFeaturesofEnglishNewsHeadlines
TheFeaturesofEnglishNewsHeadlines
Abstract
WiththegradualdeepeningoftheopeningpolicyandtheentrytheWTO,theChinesepeoplearemoreeagertoknowtheworldandtobeknownbytheworld.AlargeamountofinformationistransmittedbynewsmediaespeciallyEnglishnewsreports.
Headlineistheessentialpartofnewsreport.Asfewpeoplehaveenoughtimetoreadthenewsfromthebeginningtotheend,mostreaderstrytoknowasmuchinformationastheycanintheshortestpossibletime.
Andagoodnewsheadlineplaysaroleoficingonthecakeandmakingthefinishingtouchofthereportandmostimportantly,itmaycatchtheattentionofthereaders.ReadingnewsheadlinesisthefirststepofreadingEnglishnewspapers.Duetothespecialstyleofnews,itsheadlineshavelongdevelopedtheirownuniquecharacteristics.SothisthesisisintendedtointroducesomefeaturesofEnglishnewsheadlines,coveringlexicalfeatures,grammaticalfeatures,rhetoricalfeaturesandhowtousethepunctuation.Besides,intheinternationalnews,Englishnewscountsforalargeproportionand
headlinesaretreatedasasummaryofthenews.Inordertocatchthereaders’attention,theeditorsalwaysuseavarietyoftechniquestoenhancetheattractionoftheheadlines,whichbringsenormouschallengestoreadersforEnglishnewsheadlines.InordertounderstandtheEnglishheadlineswell,readersshouldlearnthefeaturesofEnglishheadlines.
【KeyWords】Englishnewsheadlines;features
Introduction
Apieceofnewsiscomposedbythreeparts:
headline,leadingandbodyamongwhichaheadlineistheepitomeandhighlightofthecontentofnewspapersandperiodicals.
Headlinesprintedonthepapersarethewindowsofthenewsanditcanletreadersknowitisworthreading.itisessentialforreaderstounderstandheadlinestodecidewhichcolumnshouldbereadwhilewhichnot.
Inthispaper,featuresofusingvocabulary,tenseandvoice,omissionofwordsandusingofvariousrhetoricofheadlinesfromEnglishnewspapersandperiodicalsareapproachedforthepurposeofgivingabetterunderstandingofthecontentsofnewsandimprovingEnglishlearners’readingability.
Chapter1BriefIntroductionofEnglishNewsHeadlines
Nowintheinformationage,newsbeginstoplayamoreandmoreimportantroleinourdailylife.Itprovidespeoplewiththelatestnewsintheworld.Apieceofnewsisusuallycomposedofaheadline,aleadandabody.Especially,theheadlineistheeyeofapieceofnews.Becausepeopledonothaveenoughtimetoreadthroughthewholenews,theyjustlookthroughtheheadlineofthenewstoguesswhatitistalkingabout.Soitisimportanttounderstandthedefinition,functionandfeatureofanewsheadline.
DefinitionofEnglishNewsHeadlines
Whenreadinganewspaper,oneshouldfirstreadaheadline.Asanindispensablepartofnews,headlinesarecomparedtotheeyesofnews.Manyjournalists,scholarsandbookshavedefinedtheconceptofanewsheadline.Sothispaperhascollectedsomedifferentversionsofdefinitionofanewsheadline.“Anewsheadline'scaptionprintedatthetopofapageorarticleinanewspaper,usuallyinlargeboldlettersandoftensummarizingthecontentthatfollowsit.”(EncartaDictionary)“Aheadofanewspaperstoryorarticle,usuallyprintedinlargetypeanddevisedtosummarizethestoryorarticlethatfollows.”(LongmanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage)“Aheadofanewspaperstoryorarticleusuallyprintedinlargetypeanddevisedtosummarize,giveessentialinformationabout,orletreadersinreadingthestoryorarticlethatfollows.”(WebsterThirdNewInternationalDictionary)“报纸新闻标题用来概括,评价新闻的内容,帮助读者阅读和理解新闻。
”(《辞海》)“Aheadlineisanylineorcollectionoflinesofdisplaytypethatprecedesastorytointroduceorsummarizeit."(Westly,1972:
141)Fromtheabove,wecanknowthatnewsheadlinesaredefinedaccordingtotheirroles,functionsandfeatures.Soinordertofullyunderstandthedefinitionofanewsheadline,wehavetofirstknowthefunctionsandfeaturesofanewsheadline.
FunctionsofEnglishNewsHeadlines
WeshouldpayattentiontothefunctionsofEnglishnewsheadlines.Itisimportantforustounderstandthenewsheadlines.Generallyspeaking,Englishnewsheadlineshavethefollowingfunctions:
summarizingthenews,attractingreaders,attention,commentingonthenewsanddressingupthepage.
Summarizingthenews
Naturally,peoplebuynewspapersinordertogettheinformationthattheywanttoknow,buttherearekindsofdifferentnewspaperspublishedeveryday.Evenanewspaperhasseveralpageswitheachcontainingmanyitems.Mostofpeopledonothaveenoughtimetoreadthroughthewholenewspaper.Therefore,manyreadershaveformedthehabitofscanningnewsheadlines,whichmakespossiblerapidnewscomprehension.Thusthefirstandmostimportantpurposeofheadlinesistoletthereadersunderstandthenewsquickly.
Readerscangrasptheessentialsofnews.Goodnewsheadlinesshouldcontainsuchelementsofanewseventsuchasthetime,place,cause,resultandbackground.
Attractingreaders'attention
Asthebeginningofthenews,anewsheadlineisdesignedtofulfillmanyfunctionsespeciallythatitmustattractthereaders‟attention.Aheadline,whichdoesnotarouseinterestatfirstglance,isnotagoodone.Abadheadlinewillmakethereaders‟eyesfeelbadandchangeimmediatelytoanothernewsonthesamepageoreventoanothernewspaper.Whenreadersopenanewspaper,thefirstthingthatcatchestheireyesistheheadline.Sothedeterminingfactorasto
whetheracertainnewswillbereadorpassedbyisusuallytheheadline.Goodheadlinesareexcellentadvertisementsforthenews.Theyarestriking;theyattractattention;theyarouseinterest;theyleadthereadersintothenews,whichiswhateverygoodheadlineshoulddo.
Chapter2thefeaturesofwordsintheEnglishnews
thewording
Thenewsheadlineisbrieftextwitheye-catchingcontentinthenews,soitisconciseandvivd.Therefore,theauthoroftenusestheterm,shortterm,buzzwordandacronyms.Astheresult,theEnglishnewsheadlinesaregreatlyenriched,whichcanproducetheeffectthatattractreaders'attention..
nounsandshortwordsoftenareusedinEnglishnewsheadlines.
Nounswithstrongexpressivefunctionarenotonlyinformative,butalsohasasyntaxcompatibility.Itcanberegardedasvarioustypesofpartsofspeech,suchastheroleofadjectives,verbs,adverbsandsoon.Itcanalsoformcompletesyntacticconceptwithsimpleandclearexpression.Forexample:
ColinPowell’sSwan-Song:
ViewoftheWorld
ThePopulationSurprise
Apartfromnouns,Englishnewstitlepreferselectingshortwordsorwordswhoseletterslesstoadjustthespace.Thesewordsarenotonlyshortandeye-catching,butalsolivelyandconcise,whichcangivepersonsonorousandforcefulfeeling.Forexample:
Aid=assistancehelp
Blast=explodeexplosion
End=terminatetheend,stop
forthepropagandaeffectintoaccount,thenewsstylepursuitthenovelty,sonewsuseallkindsofwayforeye-catching.Thefeatureisfirstilyreflectedinthenewsheadlines.InEnglishnews,buzzwordistoonumeroustocite.Forexample:
WhatIsDateline
TheSandbaggers.
Cold-FightingDrugMayBeUsedAgainstSARS
AsiaPledgeActiononBirdflu
YahooAwardsWorld’sBestCybercafés
Englishnewsheadlinesoftenusetheabbreviationespeciallytheacronymstoreplacethelongwordsorlongphrases.Suchasthenameofsomeimportantinstitutionsandterminologycommonlyarereplacedbyacronyms:
FormerSpanishFinanseMinisterElectedNewIMFChief
IMF=InternationalMonetaryFund
FormerBurgerFlippertoMcDonald'sCEO
ExecutivedirectoroftheCEO=chiefExecutiveOfficer
SARS=SevereAcuteRespiratorySyndrome
rhetoric
AvarietyofrhetoricaldevicesareoftenusedinEnglishnewsheadlines.Asaresultofit,theheadlinesarevivid,image,humorandirony.Forexample:
Metonymy:
Itissubstitutingthenameofonethingfowthatofanotherwithwhichitiscloselyassociated.
(1).ARoyalPainFortheCrown
HerecrownisnottherealcrownbutindicatetheQueen.
(2).UncleSam’sIsland
UncleSamisnearlyknowntoall.ItisanotherinformalsayingsofAmericangovernmentorAmericans.
Metonymycanavoidrepeatingcertainwordsandstrengthentheaffection,soitisusedlargelyinmodernnewspaper,evensomeofmetonymiesbecometobepublicwords,suchasWhiteHouse,BuckingHamPalace,DowningStreet,MotorCity,andsoon.
Thewaycansetpeoplethinkingandincreasethereadabilityoftheserioustopic.
Antithesis:
rhymepaysattentiontotheform,andantithesispaysattentiontothecontent.Inthetitle,itisthewayofusinglexicalcomparisontohighlightthecontentsofthearticle...isLongonGameShows,ShortonForeignNews,whichcausecomparingsemanticallyandenhancetheexpressivenessofthelanguage.
Pun:
thelanguageonthesurfaceisameaning,butsecretlyhiddenanothermeaning.Punsareofteninirony,humorousheadlines.Iftheyareusedproperthistrendwouldbestronger.
(1).“TheSunSetsFortheLastTime”
“IttellsusanEnglishnewspaperinHongKongcalledsunisstopcomingout.The‘sun’hereisapun.”[7]p111
(2).“AfricanStatesmanStillSowingSeedsforFuture”
“ThisreportisaboutJuliusNyerere,presidentofTansonia,whoissowingseedshappilyinhishometownwhereisfarfrombigcitiesafterretired.ButAfricaisunsteadythusmanyinternationalleadersgoallthewaytolearnfromhimthewaysofsavingacountry.SoheisstillsowingseedsforthefutureofAfrica.‘Sowingseeds’isapuninthisheadline.”
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