文体分析新闻的文体特征

StylisticAnalysisofNewsReports1ConclusionGraphologicalFeatures语相特征

LexicalFeatures词汇特征Syntactic/GrammaticalFeaturesSemanticFeatures语义特征StylisticfeaturesofEnglishnewsreportsinclude:句法和语法特征2AnalyzingPassageone:

ALinguisticDescriptiveApproach（P161）Pleasepayattentiontothecharacteristicsofsentencesinthisnewsreport.Points:Pleasemarkallthepunctuationsinthisnewsreport.Pleaseobservethestructurefeatures.3Eye-catchingheadlinesToproduceprominenteye-catchingeffects,“BaghdadMarketIsHitby3Bombs”isprintedinboldtype,andinlargefontsthatformsasharpcontrastwiththenewsleadinsmallerfonts.ShortparagraphsTheuseofshortparagraphsiseasyandconvenientforthepotentialreaderstofollow.Aswecansee,passageoneissplitinto12smallerparagraphscontaining19sentences.Therefore,wecaneasytoknowthebackgroundoftheterroristattackthetime,themakerandtheinjuredpeople.4AtthelexicallevelTheuseofArabicnumeralsJournalistshaveapreferenceforArabicnumerals:Arabicnumeralscanmakethingsmorereasonable;Arabicnumeralscanbeunderstooduniversally;ArabicnumeralstakelesstimeandspacetobeprintedthanEnglishequivalents.ItusesalotofArabicafigurestoillustratethenumberofinjuredordeadpeople,therelateddates,andthedistanceofsomelocations.TheuseofabbreviationsTosavetimeandspace,abbreviationsareusedinthenewsreport.5TheuseofshortpowerwordsShortpowerfulwordsareverysimpleandeasy-to-understandandspace-saving.Thesewordsalsosoundvividandexciting,especiallyintheheadline.TheuseofnamesofplacesandpeopleTomakethenewsappearpreciseandconcrete,lotsofnamesofplacesandpeoplearegivenprominence.TheuseofclichésandsetexpressionsThisnewsreportwaspostedonthesamedaythatthecarbombinghappened.Undergreattimepressure,theeditorhastorelyonthosehandyandlabor-savingclichésandsetexpressiontopostthenewsontothewebpagesassoonaspossible.6Atthesyntactical/grammaticallevelSentencetypesandcomplexityInthisnewsreport,thesearealtogether19sentences,allofwhicharestatementssuitableforthedominantfunctionofgivinginformation.Besides,thejournalistsusuallyalternatebetweentheuseoflongandshort,complexandsimplesentencestomakethereadingeasierandgivevarietytotherhythmofthearticleandtobreaktheboredomofreading.7Frequentuseof

quotationsMostofthesentencesfollowtheusual“subject-predicate”order,sincemostofthesentencesinnewsreportingaredeclarativesentences.Butwhenitcomestoverbsindicatingtheideaofsay,thenormal“subject-predicate”ordermaybecome“predicate-subject”order.TensesinheadlinesandbodyTheheadlineiswritteninthesimplepresenttensetoconveyasenseoffreshness,whilethesimplepasttenseisusedinthesub-headlinetohighlightapastfact.Thesimplepasttenseisusedinthebodytext,sincemostnewsreportsconveyinformationoftheeventsthatjusthappened.8AtthesemanticlevelTheheadlineInthestraightheadline“BaghdadMarketIsHitBy3Bombs”sevensimplepowerfulwordsareusedtoconveythe“where,what,why”informationtothemassiveaudienceoftheword.Furthermore,thesub-headline“AtLeast51DeadInCoordinatedAttackonShiites”isusedtoexplainthesituationofthenewsindetail.9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10TheleadTheopeningparagraphofthenewsreportistheleadthegistofthewholemessage,whichisanimportantcharacterofnewsreporting.What:triplecarbombingstruckWhere:abusyshoppingdistrictWhen:SaturdayHow:killingatleast51peopleandwoundingmorethan90inanattacktimedtoinflictasmanycasualtiesaspossible.11TheuseofvaguetermsAlthoughnewsreportingisoftenconsideredtohavethefeaturesofaccuracyofitscontents,brevityofitslanguageandclarityofitsconstruction,vaguetermsandexpressionsstillexi