文档介绍：Headlines
Simplicity isn't simple.
Functions of Headlines
Summarizing the story
Arousing the reader’s interest
Beautifying the newspaper page
Indicating how much importance each news item has
Features of "headlinese"
-- lexical features
-- grammatical features
-- rhetorical features
-- punctuative features
lexical features
"special vocabulary":
--preference for midget words
--preference for abbreviatons
--preference for acronyms
--preference for coinage / blending
preference for midget words
Six Die in Moscow Bomb Blast
(6人在莫斯科炸弹爆炸中死亡,blast=explosion)
Annan Reaches Bagdad in Last-Minute Peace Bid
(安南抵达巴格达做最后一刻的和平努力,bid=attempt)
Governor to Axe Aide.
(州长将解雇随从,axe = dismiss)
Moscow’s Food Price Soaring
(莫斯科食品价格飞涨,soar=increase dramatically)
Sino-US Venture Expands Biz in China
(中美合资企业扩大在中国业务,biz=business)
lexical features
US Refuses to Back Environment Fund
(back = support, 美国拒付环保基金)
Tax Row Brought Thatcher Down
(税收争吵导致撒切尔下台, row = quarrel)
Iraq is Cool to Aid Offer
(伊拉克对外援不感兴趣 cool = uninterested)
Border Feud Leads to War
(边界争端引发战争 feud = dispute)
Carter Man in China
(man = representative)
Company vies for IT giant
New curbs on immigration
Florida Court Oks Proposed Office Smoking Ban
preference for abbreviatons
Int’l high-tech expo held in Beijing
北京国际高科技博览会举行
New forex rules to take effect
(外汇管理新条例即将实施
forex:foreign exchange )
Soviet Sub probably not Worth US Salvage
(苏联潜艇不值美国打捞 sub = submarine)
EEC Warns Nuke arms spread
(欧盟警告当心核武器扩散,nuke = nuclear)
preference for acronyms
Long-Term Plan to TCM
(TCM =Traditional Chinese Medicine,中医)
IBM Sets Wireless Web Pacts for E-business
(IBM=International Business Machines Corporation,美国商用机器公司)
Members’ Close Ties Emphasized Ahead of SCO Summit
(SCO=Shanghai Co-anization,上海合作组织)
US seeks MIAs
(MIA= Missing in Action,作战失踪人员)
lexical features
CIA Linked to Zaire Weapons Route
(中央情报局与扎伊尔武器偷运有关,
CIA = central intelligence agency)
the SOE dilemma
(国有企业的困境,
SOE = state-owned enterprises)
lexical fe