LanguageFeaturesintheHeadlnesofBritishandAmericanNewspapers英语毕业论文.doc

Language Features in the Headlines of British and American Newspapers Outline Introduction………………………………………………2 1.1 Research background 1.2 Requirement of New Headlines 1.3 Definition of New Headlines 1.4 The Function of News Headlines 2. Language Features in the Headlines…………………3 2.1.English Morphology in News Headline 2.1.1.Abbreviations 2.1.2.Lipped Words 2.1.3Midget Words 2.2.Punctuation 3. Conclusion………………………………………………7 4. References………………………………………………8 1. Introduction Research background Now in the information of age,media are playing a important role in people’s daily life all over the world. With dramatic development in scientific tecnologies,media have developed into many defferent various form as printing media(such as news,magazines),and electronic media(such as Internet). The headline is an important part of English news publications, indicating what is going to be mainly discussed in the stories. Knowing the common features of the news headlines helps improve the students ability to read English newspapers and periodicals. English newspapers and magazines also called English news. In addition to its general features, but also has its own features. If you want to read British and American newspaper, you will read the title first. English news headline, which is called the eye of English news, to show the subject of the article or to point out the most valuable content. This thesis will approach the language features in headlines of British and American newspapers and magazines. Definition of New Headlines In the realm of mass media,there has been no consensus on the definition of news yet,but people commonly regard news as recent evevts or happenings.A piece of news is usually composed of a headlilne,a lead and a body. A news headline, according to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, is the text at the top of a newspaper article, indicating the nature of the article below it. This definition discloses that news headlines do stay at a prominent position in new