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1、On Grammatical Features and Diction of News HeadlineAbstract: With the rapid development of the high science and technology, it is required for people to gain more and more information to acquaint themselves with the society. The information age has coming irresistibly. News is the main source for g
2、etting information. It is common for us to come into contact with all kind of news, and news headline plays a vital part in news. The news headline is the eye of the news, which conducts us to understand the whole news. Therefore, the most important thing we should do to get the contents of the news
3、 to master the news headline. This thesis mainly discusses some grammatical features and diction of news headlines. The thesis also analyzes the varied ingredients of news headline and its usage. Only mastering the relative characteristics of the news headlines, which help us to get the contents of
4、the news not only quickly but also comprehensively. The main grammatical features of news headline include the omission of words, voices and punctuations. Generally speaking, the diction of news headline is always concise and comprehensive. Short and simple words, initials, abbreviations and coinage
5、s are usually employed. Keywords: news headlines, grammatical features, diction, omission and conciseness 摘 要: 随着高科技的迅速发展,人们需要获取更的多的信息来了解社会,信息时代也就不可阻挡地到来了。新闻是获取信息的重要来源,我们经常会接触到各种不同的新闻,而新闻又是新闻中的关键,它有如新闻的眼睛,指引着我们去了解新闻,也因此获取新闻内容最重要的事情就是掌握新闻标题。本论文主要讨论新闻标题的语法特征通读该如何措词,它分析了新闻标题的各种成份以及用法。只有掌握了新闻标题的有关特点,才能既
6、快捷又全面地获取新闻的内容。新闻标题的语法特征可以概括为以下四个方面:词语的省略,不同时态、语态、以及标点符号的运用。通常而言,新闻标题的用词都言简意赅,一般采用缩写词、简写词、深造字以及简短动词。关键词:新闻标题; 语法特征; 用词; 缩写; 简洁ContentsAbstract.i摘要.iiContents.iiiIntroduction.11. The omission of words in news headlines.11.1The auxiliary verbs.21.2The linking verbs.41.3The articles .51.4The conjunction
7、 “and ”.51.5The personal pronouns.62. Tense of news headlines.72.1The features of tense.82.2Present tense.92.3Present progressive tense.113. Voice of news headlines.124. The punctuation of news headlines.134.1The clash .144.2The colon.144.3The conjunction “and”.145. The diction of news headlines.155
8、.1Short and simple words .155.2Initial .165.3Abbreviations.185.4Coinages.18Conclusion.19Bibliography.20Acknowledgement.2121IntroductionIn our daily life, information is very important, and newspapers, magazines .TV and Internet provide us with a lot of information. However, time is limited. They hav
9、e not enough time to surf Internet each day; they have hot enough time to read every newspaper and magazine. And they have not enough time to watch each program. Therefore, they have to choose some topics that they are interested in. It is obvious that, we know the news headline plays a soul role. T
10、he news headline is to the news what the eyes to the people. It provides the readers with the chief information. Good headlines should be concise and comprehensive. Like a guider, the headlines always generalize the main idea. The concise words concentrate the most important contents. With the help
11、of the headlines, the readers can find their interesting topic quickly and easily. In a word, it is important to understand some features and diction of the news headlines. This paper will mainly discuss some grammatical features that include omission of words, tense of news headlines, voices of new
12、s headlines and punctuations of news headlines, a diction of news headlines, which includes short words, initials, abbreviations and coinages.1. The omission of words in news headlineThe unimportant words are omitted in news headline, for stressing the key words. The omission of words is one of the
13、grammatical features of news headlines. Generally speaking, the headlines should be a complete sentence; however, some grammatical components and words are always omitted in news headline in order to save the space of the whole page. Therefore, the main contents are emphasized and the headline is mo
14、re concise and comprehensive. Especially, the function words are often omitted such as the articles, conjunctions, auxiliary verbs and linking verbs which will help the readers each the meaning more quickly. 11.1 The auxiliary verbs The auxiliary verbs omitted are similar to the linking verbs. The a
15、uxiliary verbs usually have no practical meaning. It embodies a kind of grammatical meaning. Therefore, when the auxiliary verb is deleted, a reader can still get the meaning. For example:1) Global Nuclear Ban to Be Debated in Princeton =Global Nuclear Ban is to be Debated in Princeton The New York
16、Times, Sept 28,19862) Financier killed by burglars=A Financier is killed by burglars3) Women told to guard their rights by law=Women are told to guard their rights by lawThe China Daily, March 7,19874) Detective facing fraud probe barred from job=Detective facing fraud probe has been barred from job
17、The Observer, Aug. 10,1986 In the four examples, the auxiliary verb “be” is omitted. But the reader can judge the meaning of the headlines.I have discussed the articles, conjunction “and”, personal pronouns, linking verbs and auxiliary verbs that are omitted in English news headlines. However, here
18、are two reasons that these words are not omitted. Firstly, these function words have to be retained for keeping the completed English phrases or idioms, or keep the balance of some words and phrases. For example:TB on the rise again in London (the observer, April 10,1993)The headline retains the def
19、inite article “the”, because “on the rise” is a fixed phrase in English. Therefore, the definite article isnt omitted. It not only makes the readers to understand the meaning of phrase more easily, but also stresses the meaning of the phrase.5Secondly, the articles, linking verbs, and conjunction “a
20、nd” are employed in news headline in order to make up for the forms of headlines. For example:1) Four killed and Five hurtIn a house fire The Times, Sept. 3, 19882) Economic IndexShows Recovery Is slowing a bit The Financial Times, June 10, 1998In example 1) the conjunction “and” and the article “a”
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