English Headline
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LexicalFeaturesStructureFeaturesandRhetoricalDevicesofEnglishNewspaperHeadlinesAbstract:Withthedevelopmentofmassmedia,newspaperisoneofthemajormediaforustogetinformationallovertheworld.NowadaysEnglishnewspaperisverypopularandreadalloverChine.However,manypeoplestillhavedifficultyinunderstandingEnglishnewspaperheadlinesevenforsomeEnglishmajors.ThisisbecauseEnglishnewspaperheadlineshavetheirownspecialfeatures,culturebackgroundsanddifferentfromthedailyEnglishweusedinmanyaspects.Thispaperwillthenfocusonthelexical,structurefeaturesandrhetoricaldevicesofEnglishnewspaperheadlines,whichcanhelpustohaveabetterunderstandingwhenwearereadingnewspapers.Keywords:Newspaperheadline,Lexicalfeatures,Structurefeatures,Rhetoricaldevices.I.IntroductionEverytimewepickupanewspaper,whatcomeintooursightwillbelotsofnewsheadlines.Aheadlinehasbecomeanindispensablepartofnewspaper.Theeditormeanstoattractthereader’sattentionthroughheadlines.Asaresult,newspaperheadlinesareusuallyspeciallydesignedtobeshort,concise,andinformativetoconveydifferentkindsofinformation.Wemaybeconfusedbytheheadlineslike―Cater’sWaronWaste‖,―UFOSighted‖,―SmugglersGetJailandFines‖,―WeeklyMagforStampLoverstoBeLaunched‖,ect.Yetwithoutsomeknowledgeofnewsheadlinefeatures,itisnoteasyforustoreadEnglishnewspaper.Thispaperhassummarizedthestudyofnewspaperdevelopmentinrecentyearsandpresentsthelexicalfeatures,structurefeaturesandrhetoricaldevicesofEnglishnewspaperheadlinesindetails.II.LiteratureReviewThestudyofEnglishnewspaperheadlinescandatebackto1990s.InthepasttenyearsmanyscholarsinChinahavecarryoutmanystudyconcerningnewsheadlinesandmanypapershavebeenpublished.Oneofthepapers,《OntheFeaturesofEnglishNewspaperHeadline》,iswrittenbyZhangQiongin2001.Thatpapercoversdifferentfeaturesofnewspaperheadlinesbutitisnotspecificenough.Thispaperwillconcentrateonthreeaspectsofnewsheadlines,lexicalfeatures,structurefeaturesandrhetoricaldevices,whichhelptosomeextendmakeourunderstandingofnewspaperheadlinesmoredeeplyandspecific.III.LexicalFeaturesofEnglishNewspaperHeadlinesLexicalfeaturesofEnglishnewspaperheadlinescanmainlyincludefourparts.Theyareexemplifiedasfollows.[1]AbbreviationAbbreviation,whichisusedinalargequantityinEnglishnewspaper,means―Ashortenedformofawordorphraseusedchieflyinwritingtorepresentthecompleteform‖.Generallyspeakingthereare3kindsofAbbreviationsusedinthenewspaper.①AbbreviationfororganizationsExamples:UNESCO=UintedNationsEducational,ScientificandCultureOrganizationPLO=PalestineLiberationOrganizationIOC=InternationalOlympicCommitteeNASA=NationalAeronauticsandSpaceAdministration1
APEC=Asia-PacificEconomicCooperationConferenceFIFA=FederationInternationaledeFootballAssociation②AbbreviationforprofessionandcareerExamples:MP=memberofparliamentPM=primeministerGM=generalmanagerPA=personalassistant③AbbreviationforourfamiliarthingsExamples:UFO=UnidentifiedFlyingObjectDJI=Dow-JonesIndexAIDS=AcquiredImmuneDeficiencySyndromeGMT=GreenwichMeanTimesLaser=LightAmplificationbyStimulatedEmissionofRadiationRadar=RadioDetectionandRangingSonar=SoundNavigationRangingTOEFL=TestofEnglishasAForeignLanguageIELTS=InternationalEnglishLanguageTestingSystem[2]ShorteningShorteningofdifferentwordsinnewspaperaimstosparemorespaceortocutdownthelengthoftheheadlines.Examples:grad–graduatehosp–hospitalcig–cigarette
