摘要
英语新闻语篇用词丰富多彩。本文论述英语新闻语篇的主要用词特点:专有名词和数字数词大量涌现;缩略词和新闻体词使用频繁;情态词和引述动词应用恰当;新词新短语源源不断;生动形象的词语引入注目;书面语与口语并行不悖;词语省略十分多见;新闻语域多种多样。文章例证了这些用词特点,说明了它们常见的原因,并指出其功能。
Words and phrases used in English news texts are rich and varied. This paper discusses the main features of diction in English news texts: proper nouns, figures and numerals emerge in large numbers; abbreviated and news-style words appear frequently; modals and reporting verbs turn up properly; new words and phrases come out in a steady stream; vivid and graphical words are appealing; colloquialisms as well as formal words and phrases coexist in harmony; omission of words and phrases often occurs; news registers are of various kinds. The paper illustrates these features of wording in English news texts, explains the reasons for their common appearance and points out their functions.
出处
《外语与外语教学》
北大核心
2004年第2期11-14,共4页
Foreign Languages and Their Teaching
关键词
英语新闻
用词特点
语篇
语域
English news, diction features, texts, registers