新闻语言特点

摘要

现在，有很多用英语报道的新闻，但是国际上已经约定熟成一种通用的报道新闻的语言模式，那就是新闻英语。然而，从某种程度上说，新闻中使用的英语和人们日常生活中使用的英语是不一样的。本文就浅析新闻英语语言特征。

关键词：新闻英语特征词汇

Abstract

Today, there are many media reporting news in English, but what they used is a common mode of English news internationally, that is, news English this particular style. However, the language used in English newspapers is quite different from general English to some extent.

Key words: News English Features Words

Contents

Abstract (3)

1．Introduction (5)

2．Understanding the news english (5)

2.1 Definitions of news english (6)

2.2Natures of news english (6)

3．Lexical features of news english (6)

3.1 Short words (7)

3.2 Abbreviations (8)

3.2.1 Acronyms (8)

3.2.2 Clippings (8)

3.3 Frequent use of new words (9)

3.3.1 Sense-shift (9)

3.3.2 Part of Speech Shift (10)

3.4 Borrowed words (10)

3.4.1 Loan words (10)

3.4.2 Proper names of persons or places (11)

3.4.3 Slang (11)

Bibliography (12)

An Analysis of the Linguistic

Features of News English

1Introduction

With increasing international exchange between China and the other parts of the world, language study is becoming an indispensable part in daily life. Especially nowadays, as English has increasingly come into world-wide use, there has arisen an acute need for more information on the language and the ways in which it is used. Reading English newspapers opens a special window for people to be dipped into new things and stories that come forward everyday, and give people the opportunity of picking up language. They are the primary mass medium from which people receive new information. Newspapers have a rich mix of content —news, advice, comics, opinions, puzzles and data. Some people go right for the stock market tables, others to sports or a favorite column ist. Unlike radio and television, people don’t have to wait for what they want. Newspapers are important in people’s lives, and as a medium they adapt to changing lifestyles.

Today, there are many media reporting news in English, but what they used is a common mode of English news internationally, that is, news English this particular style. However, the language used in English newspapers is quite different from general English to some extent. It is a common occurrence that people are often confused with the wide-range new expressions and have no idea about its unique structure and the use of rhetorical devices and so on. Then how can people cope with such linguistic problems to read the English news effectively and understand it accurately. How can journalists write an informative news story? The paper is to give an analysis of the basic linguistic features — lexical features and grammatical features of English news. The main purpose of this paper is to improve reader’s ability to read English news. It is hoped that it will be particularly useful to those who have strong interests in reading English news.

2Understanding of News English

Language is changing constantly, especially in today’s world, the advancement of science and technology, the development of society and civilization, and the complication of our life bring into a lot of new expressions, which frequently appear in news English. Through reading English news, people can not only know the things happening around them but also acquire some knowledge about English, therefore, reading English news is by all means an effective way to learn modern English.