英语文体学News Reporting学习.pptx
Main contentsThe English of News Reporting as a Variety General Features of Newspaper ReportingStylistic Features of Newspaper ReportingStylistic Features of Radio and Television News第1页/共16页The English of News Reporting as a Variety News reporting news by newspaper news by radio and television第2页/共16页The English of News Reporting as a Variety NewspaperFunction ternor:to tell us news Mode:is written to be read with the eye Personal ternor:its different cateories and different formats present different degrees of formality.第3页/共16页The English of News Reporting as a Variety News by Radio and TelevisionThey are commonly referred to as newscasts which are written to be read aloud over the radio and television.They perform the same function as press news and share many linguistic features with it,though they display some traits of their own.第4页/共16页General Features of Newspaper ReportingIt is appropriate for a mass audience of different educational levels to readIt is written in simple,easy-to-understand languageThe headline often demands graphological design and the use of clear,direct,and vivid language.第5页/共16页Stylistic Features of Newspaper Reporting1.Graphological Features 2.Grammtical Features3.Lexical Features4.Semantic Features第6页/共16页Graphological Features(1)Masthead-Box-White Space(2)Contrast in headlines:Flush left Drop form Inverted pyramid form Centered formOverline/kickerSubheadJump head(3)The use of punctuation第7页/共16页Grammtical Features(1)Alternating use of long and short statement-type sentencesAnd the cost of removing last winters mountainous snows has strained the budgets of some localities in the Northeast and Midwest.Not so,however,in the Sunbelt.His parents were great people,of course,but their way of living was too materialistic.All they thought about was work,make the payments on a house,and gripe about inflation.Not for him.He had discovered a new freedom of thought.第8页/共16页(2)Frequent use of inverted sentence structure and expanded simple sentencesThe suspect was arrested on the scene,police said.The suspect was arrested on the scene,said the police.explained the teacher,laughted the mayor,shrugged a Defense Department official.(3)Use of heavily modified nominal groups(4)Use of simple verbal groups第9页/共16页lexical features(1)Preference for journalistic words and set expressionsaim(purpose design object intention)bid(appeal offer endeavour attempt)deal(negotiation bargain transaction)according to eyewitness with guarded reserve on the brink of a breakthrough,etc.(2)Wide use of neologisms(3)Extensive use of abbreviations第10页/共16页(4)Avoidance of superlatives and tarnished word ornamentsthe most beautiful woman a beautiful woman;the most exciting game an exciting game never seldom,frequently always,probaly true absolutely.(5)Avoidance of unobjective wordingI me my us ourThe speaker said our city was a nice little town.The speaker said Zibo was a nice little town.第11页/共16页Semantic features(1)Distinctive discourse patternheadline,the lead,the body,the background,the endingwho what when where why and for a good measure,how(2)Simple way of transitionthe obvious relatedness between sentences within a paragraph or between paragraphs within a story with the use of common connectives as also,on the other hand,or meanwhile第12页/共16页(3)Skilful headliningways of making sillful headlininggraphological prominencepreference for midgetwordswide use of ellipsis with frequent omission of articles,possessives,verb be,even content words.第13页/共16页Stylistic Features of Radio and Television News(1)newscast stories are mostly short(2)newscast news tend to be even simpler comared with newspaper news.(3)contractions,taboo in newspaper stories except in quotations,are acceptable in newscast.(4)familiar words are preferred.(5)adiectives are not many.Floridian weather descended upon the city todayFlorida(6)in newscast,some combinations like alliteration in the sequence of words are avoided.第14页/共16页THANK YOUTHANK YOU第15页/共16页感谢您的观看！第16页/共16页
