摘要

英语新闻是融时效性、真实性和客观性于一体的特殊文体。英语新闻标题，作为英语新闻的“文眼”，是新闻不可分割的组成部分，具有简明精炼、形象生动、不拘一格的特点。它提纲挈领,具有与一般英语语法不同的独特的语法体系和语言特点。在新闻报道中起着举足轻重的作用。英语新闻标题在词汇、语法、修辞、形式等方面具有自己鲜明的特色，构成了独特的标题语言。本文将在国内外英语新闻标题的研究成果的基础上，分别从词汇特点、语法特点、修辞特点这三个方面浅析英语新闻标题的语言特色。措词上，它往往会更多得使用名词和简短小词的特点等来节省刊头空间，一定程度上反映了报刊对新闻的立场和态度；语法上，它偏向于使用现在时等特点，以增强新闻的现实感和新鲜感；英语新闻标题通常会使用一些修辞手法等特点，引人注目增强新闻的感染力。同时，本文将研究国内外对英语新闻标题词汇的运用时出现的一些问题给予分析，使读者能更好更快得理解新闻的实质内容。

关键词：英语新闻标题；语言特色；词汇特点；语法特点；修辞特点

Abstract

English news is a special style which has timeliness, authenticity and objectivity all in one. English news headlines, as the “eyes” of the English press, is the inalienable part to the news. They are concise, vivid and have different linguistic forms. English news headlines focus on the vital parts and have a unique grammatical system and linguistic features which is different from general English grammar. They play an important role in news reports. English news headlines have their own distinct characteristics in lexical, grammatical, rhetorical features and their forms, forming a unique language of news titles. This thesis, on the basis of the research of English news headlines both at home and abroad, analyzes their linguistic features, respectively, from three parts: lexical, grammatical and rhetorical features. In wording, nouns and short words are often used to save space, to some extent, reflecting the newspapers’ positions and attitudes on the news; in grammar, the present tense are often used to enhance the sense of reality and freshness. Some figures of speech are often used in English news headlines to draw people’s attention and enhance the appeal of the news. In the meantime, the writer in this thesis aims at finding some practical problems in the application of words in English news headlines both at home and abroad, making readers understand the content better and more quickly.

Key words: English news headlines; linguistic features; wording; grammar; figures of speech