英语文体学-第十章-News-Reporting-PPT.ppt

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1、Main contentsThe English of News Reporting as a Variety General Features of Newspaper ReportingStylistic Features of Newspaper ReportingStylistic Features of Radio and Television NewsThe English of News Reporting as a Variety News reporting news by newspaper news by radio and televisionThe English o

2、f 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.The English of News Reporting as a Variety News by Radio and TelevisionThey are commonly

3、 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.General Features of Newspaper ReportingIt is appropriate for a mass audience

4、 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.Stylistic Features of Newspaper Reporting1.Graphological Features 2.Grammtical Features3.Lexical Features4.Semanti

5、c Features大家应该也有点累了，稍作休息大家有疑问的，可以询问和交流大家有疑问的，可以询问和交流大家有疑问的，可以询问和交流大家有疑问的，可以询问和交流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 punctuationGrammtical Features(1)Alternating

6、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

7、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.(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,sai

8、d 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 groupslexical features(1)Preference for journalistic words and set expressionsaim(purpose design object intention)bid(appeal offer endeavour a

9、ttempt)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(4)Avoidance of superlatives and tarnished word ornamentsthe most beautiful woman a beautiful woman;the most exciting

10、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.Semantic features(1)Distinctive discourse patternheadline,the lead,the body,the

11、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(3)Skilful headliningways of ma

12、king sillful headlininggraphological prominencepreference for midgetwordswide use of ellipsis with frequent omission of articles,possessives,verb be,even content words.Stylistic Features of Radio and Television News(1)newscast stories are mostly short(2)newscast news tend to be even simpler comared

13、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.