NEWSPAPER LANGUAGE

Newspaper reporting has a style and a language of its own. Since newspapers usually report the news in brief, a journalist has to convey the most essential parts of the news in the most economical way possible, while attracting and keeping the readers attention. Lets have a look at some of the features of this style of writing. First, headlines in nglish language newspapers are usually short and they thus tend to leave out all the inessential words, such as articles and au!iliary verbs, and to be as generally economical as they can. "ecause of that, headlines use short words wherever possible, in preference to long ones. #ertain words are very common in headlines, such as$ deal, cost, ban, hit, get, clash. %hen they usually use a compound&noun phrase instead of a longer clause$ for e!ample, '(apan Leadership Struggle) for '%he Leadership Struggle in (apan), '"ridge #ost) for '%he #ost of the "ridge) and '"ank *irl +iller #lues) for '#lues to the +iller of the *irl who ,orked in a "ank). Second, newspaper headlines generally use the simple tenses of verbs, and the present simple tense is very fre-uent$ '(apan Leadership Struggle .ots up), '"ridge #ost Soars), '/iners "an 0vertime), '1olice *et "ank *irl +iller #lues) and '2ction /an Sinatra 3ies). %he infinitive form is often used to e!press the future$ '2gricultural 1olicy to be 3iscussed), '%wo 1residents to /eet in September) and the passive form is employed where the action is more important than the agent is$ '45 #harged after #lash). %hird, inverted commas are inserted to show that a fact or an event is -uoted or reported$ '#ar 6mport #urb 7,ould .it "ritain.) Sometimes, of course, the very briefness of headlines makes them ambiguous. ,hat about '1rime /inister /oves to #ut down !penditure) 8 ,hen the 1rime /inister did not change his place of residence but made a move politically. .eres what some of the headlines mean$ 9. /iners "an 0vertime 8 /iners are refusing to work overtime. 4. '#ar 6mport #urb 7,ould .it "ritain ) 8 #ontrols on the import of cars would make "ritain suffer. :. (apan Leadership Struggle .ots ;p 8 %he struggle for leadership in (apan is becoming more intense. <. 2ction /an Sinatra 3ies 8 Sinatra, who was a man of action, has died. 5. 1olice *et "ank *irl +iller #lues 8 %he police have found clues to the identity of the

man who killed the girl who worked in a bank. =. 2gricultural 1olicy to be 3iscussed 8 %he policy of agriculture will be discussed. >. "ridge #ost Soars 8 %he cost of building the bridge has risen rapidly. ?. 45 #harged 2fter #lash 8 %wenty&five people were accused by the police of criminal behaviour after a fight. 2nother important thing about newspaper language is that, depending on how sure the journalist is of what he is saying@ there are different ways of reporting the source of a story$ 6t is believed that ... 2 report shows that ... ... claims a report ... 6t is feared that ... 6t is claimed that ... .e alleges that... 2nother feature of newspaper journalism is that adjectives and nouns are often strung together to make the writing shorter and snappier, so you get e!pressions like$ 9. %he result of behind&the&scenes policy. 4. %op changes at %reasury. :. 2 worldwide burst of anger. <. #ash cut&back threat. 6f you try to re&write these phrases, you will discover just how economically they are written$ 9. %he result of the policy which was not obvious and open. 4. New changes in the upper level of the %reasure 3ept. :. 2 burst of anger from all over the world. <. 2 threat to reduce e!penditure. 0ne of the most important features of journalism is the 'human interest) angle. %he readers of a newspaper want to have the stories brought to life and one of the best ways of doing this is to add personal details about the people in the news. %he journalist can thus provide information about a persons age$ Susan White, aged 29; 51-year-old Mr. Brown. 0r appearance$ 17-year-old blonde; long-haired youth. 0r their clothes$ Mrs. ones, dressed in a red trouser suit; or their jobs$ ane S!ith, a

secretary; or their role in the family$ !other-o"-"our, Mrs. Sutton; Mrs. #oddard, a young-loo$ing grand!other. 0r these points may be combined$ a %1-year-old "actory wor$er, "ather o" si&, had an hour-long argu!ent with his '(-year-old blonde wi"e. %he language difficulties, grammar and vocabulary problems, of course have to be mastered when working with the newspaper, but they, in my opinion, though sometimes sophisticated as well, are to be worked at when this or that concrete article is focused on.

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S.0#+ BnC Dock star shock & surprising revelation BunpleasantC SL2/ BvC ;nions slammed & to criticise severely S/2S. BvC 3rugs ring smashed & to break up, destroy SN;" BvC /inister snubbed & to turn down, reject Bcausing offenceC S02D BvC %icket sales soar & to increase dramatically S%0D/ BnC *overnment storm & violent disagreement %.D 2% BnC 3rought threat 8 something negative which may happen %D2* 3G BnC *un tragedy & fatal accident, heart&breaking incident ending in death %0LL BnC %oll rises to 9JJ & number of people killed ;D* BvC 1/ urges in-uiry & to recommend strongly E0, BvC +iller vows revenge & to promise, threaten , 3 BvC 2ctress to wed for ?th time & to marry ,6N BvC Steel workers win rise & to gain, achieve ,00 BvC %ories woo householders & to try to win the favour of 66. L2/1L SSSSSSSSSSSSSSS/ 2N6N* 263 M 9J m government aid & assistance 2L D% %errorist alert& warning, to be on the lookout 2L BEC #ouncil budget a!ed & to dispense with "2#+ BEC %enants back council plan & to support "2N 3rug ban & prohibition "2D Last&minute slip bars win & to prevent something from happening "63 BNC scape bid & attempt "L2S% BNC : die in hotel blast & e!plosion "L2K BNC Shop blaTe & fire, usually large, out of control "L0, BNC "low to chances & set&back, disappointment "00/ Sales boom & sudden large beneficial increase "00S% !ports boost & increase, lift "D6N* BEC Floods bring chaos & to cause, result in ";* BNUEC "ug kills babies & disease, infection, virus #2LL BF0DC "etter security call & demand #L2S. BNC #lash over "udget & argument, conflict #01 BNUEC #op in car chase drama & policeman #D00+ BNUEC 021 cheated by crook & criminal #;D" BEONC 6mports curb & restraint, restriction

#;% BNOEC "ank rate cut & to reduce, lower 3 2L BNC %rade deal & agreement 3D2/2 BNC #hildren in Too drama & dramatic action, incident 3D6E BNC 1eace drive& campaign F 2D BNC 2ssassination fear & an!ious e!pectation FL BEC .undreds flee famine & to run away from something *0 BEC #hurch to go to be knocked down 8sold of property@ dismantled Bof institutionsC .2;L BNC #ash haul -uantity of something & which has been gained, stolen, seiTed or gathered .6% BEC Snow hits sports & to affect adversely .0L3 BEC Suspects held & to BbeC detainBedC in police custody .0DD0D BNC 1lane horror & horrifying incident .;D3L BNC New hurdle to peace & obstacle (26L +iller jailed & to imprison +63 BNUEC +ids turn on teachers & child +6LL6N* BNC %errorist bomb killing & incident of manslaughter, murder L6N+ London arms link & connection L00/ BEC Strike looms & to approach Bof something threateningC