英语文体学论文Stylistic Analysis of News Report.doc

　　Stylistic Analysis of News Report 　　I. Introduction 　　In the modern society， news reporting is getting more and more important andindispensable in people’s daily life. News report refers to a general variety oflanguage, which sends out hot news, news of important events, and interesting eventsto all parts of the country or region by mass media. 　　This paper makes an attempt to give a general analysis of a piece of culturalnews through stylistic theories. The theory of register is one of the key theories insystematic functional linguistics. It puts forwards three factors of context whichdetermine the language features. The three factors are filed， tenor and mode. Here Iwill focus on news report US Memorial Day marked by excessive patriotism. 　　In terms of field, it can report events in all fields, such as politics, military affairs,economy, culture, medicine, science and technology, public security, sports, familyevents, etc. The news which I analyze is cultural news in terms of field. 　　In terms of tenor, the relationship between the addresser and the addressee is thatof journalist and masses. Although all the news reports have the same function: tosend news to the masses accurately and quickly, they are also different as they may beof different purposes. Some papers are formal and official. The focus is on accuracyand objectivity. Some are used to provide interesting events, anecdotes, and strangeevents, so they are light, humorous and entertaining. The news analyzed in this articleis light. 　　In terms of mode, we have oral news report, such as radio broadcast, TVbroadcast, and written news report, such as newspaper, magazine, brochure, booklet,etc. The news analyzed in this article is a written new report. 　　The main idea of this news is what Americans do on the US Memorial Day andsome patriotic events in USA. In this report, it provides information to the broadmasses and influences the attitude, point of view and emotions of the readers. Also itstresses clarity