News English Style and Sample Analysis

Author: Zhang Jian
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: This book is a comprehensive and systematic academic monograph on news English, divided into two parts: "Textual Features" and "Sample Analysis," with a total of 20 chapters. It integrates the characteristics of news English, including headlines, various writing styles, and unique vocabulary and grammar. It also discusses the differences between press English and broadcast English, as well as the similarities and differences between Chinese and English news styles. The outstanding feature of this book is the emphasis on both academic rigor and practicality, with theoretical elaborations closely combined with empirical analysis throughout. At the end of the book, there are four appendices, including over 1,200 English-Chinese comparative entries on "News English Terms" and "News English Self-Assessment Tests." This book is primarily intended for journalists, university faculty and students, foreign-related workers, interpreters and translators, as well as readers with a certain foundation in English.