功能语法视角下的英语报纸新闻标题的功能

Functions of Headlines in English Newspaper from the Perspective of Functional Grammar

Abstract

Due to the specific and vivid linguistic features, significant function and status, a lot of scholars have been absorbed in the study of newspaper headlines and made a lot of valuable investigations into news language. This thesis aims to analyze the functions of headlines in English newspaper by applying the functional grammar of Halliday. First, the thesis introduces the theory and the importance of the newspaper headlines. This analytical framework provides a systematic method for investigating the functions of this specific type of language. Then, based on the basic theory and the analytical framework, the thesis gives an in-depth analysis of functions of newspaper headlines from the perspective of functional grammar. Case study is the principal method for this purpose. To sum up, newspaper headlines play a vital role in representing the world (ideational function) through transitivity system and voice, constructing social identities and establishing social relations (interpersonal function) through mood and modality, and achieving texture (textual function) through thematization and information structure. By studying the functions of the newspaper headlines, it can provide us an important guidance for the newspaper headlines writing.

Key Words: newspaper headlines; functional grammar; ideational function; interpersonal function; textual function
摘  要

由于新闻标题其特定且形象的语言特色，重要的功能与地位，许多学者潜心研究并对其做出了大量有价值的研究。本文旨在运用韩礼德的功能语法来分析英文报纸新闻标题的功能。首先简要介绍了该理论及报纸新闻标题的重要性。这种分析框架为分析这种特定语言的功能提供了系统的方法。基于基本的理论与分析框架，再从功能语法的角度对新闻标题进行深入的分析。例证法是本文的主要分析方法。报纸新闻标题通过其及物系统实现构筑社会现实、传播意识形态的概念功能，通过语气-情态系统和语态实现构建社会身份和社会关系的人际功能，并通过主位和信息结构来组建联贯语篇。通过研究新闻标题的功能，对新闻标题的写作具有重要的指导意义。

关键词:报纸标题、功能语法、概念功能、人际功能、语篇功能

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