浅析英文民生新闻标题中的反语_毕业设计.doc

广师天河学院 毕 业 设 计（论 文） 题 目： 浅析英文民生新闻标题中的反语 （英文）： An Analysis of Irony in English Civic News Headline 系 别： 外语学院 专 业： 英语 姓 名： 冯淑婷 学 号： 2012073243408 指导教师： 沈悦英 日 期： 2016年5 月  An Analysis of Irony in English Civic News Headline English Contract ABSTRACT With the dramatic development of economic globalization, China’s communication with outside world has become more frequent than ever before. Meanwhile English news is one of the most important resources for people. With the living standard continually being improved, people pay more and more attention to their civic situation and problems. For the whole piece of the news, the headline is crucial, and it determines whether readers will read the whole piece of news. So the headline is the eye of the whole news which brightens the news. As a kind of rhetorical device, pun is not only widely used in literary works, but also accounted for a place in the news headlines. Simple to say, irony can make news headlines become more humorous, more real, and closer to life. In order to be able to understand the real meaning expressed by the news headlines, it is necessary for people to be familiar with irony. So this paper is going to study irony in English civic news headline. The first part of this paper is a brief introduction to the research object of the paper—the irony in English civic news headlines. The second part is to introduce the basic definition of irony and the relationship between irony and English news headlines. The third part is to analyze the characteristics of irony in English civic news headlines. The fourth part is to analyze the functions of irony in English civic news. The last part is to summarize the whole paper. Key Words: irony; English civic news headline; characteristics; functions 浅析英文民生新闻标题中的反语 摘 要 随着经济全球化快速发展，中国与世界的交流越来越频繁了,英文新闻成为了最重要的信息来源之一。