The characteristics of English News Headlines
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The characteristics of English News Headlines
Abstract: the news headline is an important part of English news, becau the title
is the readers to get as much information as possible in the shortest possible time language media, plays a unique role in the news. For the reader, read the headline is the first step of reading English newspapers. English news headlines are numerous and varied, but has its internal rules and characteristics, has its own unique title words, grammar and rhetoric. This paper examines some of the characteristics of English news headlines from the vocabulary, grammar and rhetoric in three aspects: simple, general, ellipsis, fresh, interesting.
Language learning is a process of practice, for English learners, reading English newspape
r is a shortcut to modern English pul. The news headline is the first step of reading newspaper readers learn English, and many readers initially reading English newspaper, the problem the first encounter is the title. Just started reading English newspaper readers generally encountered such a problem: the title words realize, you don't understand or not fully understand. Becau the newspaper headlines are simple, elliptical, humorous, not only to the main content of highly summarized news, play a role in the finishing touch, but also for the fascinating to try to put the title winning new innovation and full of color, make the reader "fall in love at first sight".
1.vocabulary
Brief summary is one of the major features of news headlines, in order to achieve this objective, the English news headlines are widely ud terms, abbreviations and the so-called "small" (Midget Words).
1.1 NOUNmrow
Making "noun has the very strong expressive function, but also has extensive grammar
tolerance (Grammaticality). It can act as a variety of part of speech, syntactic concept can be expresd by simple structure form complete." Noun (gerund, including compound nouns) can be widely ud for word type caption or replace the adjectives (noun reduplication), phras and claus.
(1) with the noun word type caption
Entrepreneurs（创业者发迹史）
Wineswomanship（妇女酗酒问题）
(2) orbitalthe noun reduplication
Miracle Rescue (神奇般获救）
Taiwan’s UN Entry Proposal Oppod (台湾进入联合国提议遭到反对)
(3) noun instead of phras or claus
Corruption Reports Against Police Ri（指控警方受贿呼声四起） （corruption reports=reports on corruption complaints）
Superkids? (avia超级儿童之谜)(Superkids?=Can Supermen Create Superkids?)
1.2 Acronym
To save space, extensive u of acronyms in English news headlines (Abbreviations and Acronyms abbreviations and acronyms).
(1) abbreviations
Making making abbreviations, acronyms, i.e.. Abbreviations frequently appear in the title, but whether familiar or strange, who full name is generally found in the body of the message the first time, confusion can be smoothly done or easily solved. Of cour, in order to quickly read the headlines, readers need to be familiar with some of the commonly ud abbreviations. The acronym often English title can be divided into three categories: the organization name, name and title or position. The following are a few examples
A.Mechanism
EU’s Future: The Vision and the Slog （theothersEU=European Union）
NATO: Who, What, Why? （NATO=North Atlantic Treaty Organization）
B.The names of things
Company Looks to the Golden Arch Link in Chine JV （JV=joint Venture）
C.Position or title
Togo PM Strives to Solve Crisis (PM=Prime Minister)
(2) Abbreviation
Composition and abbreviations abbreviations are different, which is mainly through the tail or the middle part out of words, or the first of a word with the tail of another word which. Abbreviations are very active in English newspapers, and the number continues to increa, not only in the title, and often appear in the article. Such as:
Indian Gov’t Wins Trust Vote in Parliament （Gov’t=Government）
No hope for 118 Crew of Russian Sub （Sub=submarine）triste
1.3 Small
Small single syllable words is short, with the news body characteristics of the title words. Extensive u of words as a result of the newspaper. The length is limited by the small, can avoid the transitional, two is due to mantic category words very wide, and generally more vivid, flexible. Such as:
希腊文翻译>goalttingWages Accord Reached （accord代替agreement）
TV Airs “Facts” on Arms Delivery （air代替 make known 或broadcast）
Wages Accord Reached nior是什么意思（accord代替agreement）沈阳培训
TV Airs “Facts” on Arms Delivery （air代替 make known 或broadcast）
Acronyms and words meet the eye everywhere in English news headlines, pieces too numerous to cite, here are a few. Beginners in learning to read English newspapers, summing up and remember the words and meaning will be of great advantage, to read the headline and article.
2.Grammar
English news headlines is a unique t of grammatical system,in the u of tens, the omission of words has its characteristics.
2.1 Temporal
Most of the news the event is just happened, is happening or will happen, according to the corresponding temporal rules of English grammar ud verbs. But in order to highlight the event n of reality and freshness, English news headlines almost all u the simple prent ten, which is one of the important characteristics of English news headlines. Of cour, in meaning and
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