Language Features in the Headlines of British and American Newspapers 英语毕业论文

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1、LanguageFeaturesintheHeadlinesofBritishandAmericanNewspapersOutlinelIntroduction………………………………………………21.1Researchbackground1.2RequirementofNewHeadlines1.3DefinitionofNewHeadlines1.4TheFunctionofNewsHeadlinesl2.LanguageFeaturesintheHeadlines…………………32.1.Eng

2、lishMorphologyinNewsHeadline2.1.1.Abbreviations2.1.2.LippedWords2.1.3MidgetWords2.2.Punctuationl3.Conclusion………………………………………………7l4.References………………………………………………81.Introduction1.1.ResearchbackgroundNowintheinformationofage,mediaareplayingaimportantroleinp

3、eople’sdailylifeallovertheworld.Withdramaticdevelopmentinscientifictecnologies,mediahavedevelopedintomanydefferentvariousformasprintingmedia(suchasnews,magazines),andelectronicmedia(suchasInternet).TheheadlineisanimportantpartofEnglishnewspublications,

4、indicatingwhatisgoingtobemainlydiscussedinthestories.Knowingthecommonfeaturesofthenewsheadlineshelpsimprovethestudents'abilitytoreadEnglishnewspapersandperiodicals.EnglishnewspapersandmagazinesalsocalledEnglishnews.Inadditiontoitsgeneralfeatures,butals

5、ohasitsownfeatures.IfyouwanttoreadBritishandAmericannewspaper,youwillreadthetitlefirst.Englishnewsheadline,whichiscalledtheeyeofEnglishnews,toshowthesubjectofthearticleortopointoutthemostvaluablecontent.Thisthesiswillapproachthelanguagefeaturesinheadli

6、nesofBritishandAmericannewspapersandmagazines.1.2.DefinitionofNewHeadlinesIntherealmofmassmedia,therehasbeennoconsensusonthedefinitionofnewsyet,butpeoplecommonlyregardnewsasrecentevevtsorhappenings.Apieceofnewsisusuallycomposedofaheadlilne,aleadandabod

7、y.Anewsheadline,accordingtoWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia,isthetextatthetopofanewspaperarticle,indicatingthenatureofthearticlebelowit.Thisdefinitiondisclosesthatnewsheadlinesdostayataprominentpositioninnewsfortheirirreplaceablefunctions.Eg:1)Newsisafres

8、hreportofevents,facts,oropinionsthatpeopledidnotknowbeforetheyreadyourstory.2)Newsisanythingtimelythatinerestsanumberofpersons,andthebestnewsisthatwhichhasthegreatestinterestofthegreatestnumber.3)Newsisanyevent,ideaoropinionthatistimely