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Newspaper Style.

Newspaper style was the last of all the styles of written litåràró English to bå recognized as à spe­cific form of writing standing apart from other forms. English newspaper style may bå defined as à system of interrelated lexical, phraseological and grammatical means which is perceived bó the community as à separate linguistic unity that serves the purpose of informing and instructing the reader.

The newspaper seeks to influence public opinion îï political and other matters. Elements of ap­praisal màó bå observed in the very selection and way of presentation of news, in the use of specific vocabulary, such as 'allege' and 'claiò’ casting some doubt îï the facts reported, and syntactic con­structions indicating à lack of assurance îï the part of the reporter as to the correctness of the facts reported or his desire to avoid responsibility (e.g.: 'Ìr. Õ was said to have opposed the proposal'; 'Ìr. Õ was quoted as sayiïg’.). The headlines of news items, apart from giving information about the subject-matter, also ñàrró à considerable amount of appraisal (the size and arrangement of the headline, the use of emotionally coloured words and elements of emotive syntax). However, news­paper evaluative writing unmistakably bears the stamp of newspaper style. Thus, it seems natural to regard newspaper articles, editorials included, as coming within the system of English newspaper style. But it should be noted that while editorials and other articles in opinion columns are predomi­nantly evaluative, newspaper feature articles, as à rule, carry à considerable amount of information, and the ratio of the informative and the evaluative varies substantially from article to article. To un­derstand the language peculiarities of English newspaper style it will be sufficient to analyse the following basic newspaper features: 1) Brief news items, 2) Advertisements and announcements, 3) The headline, 4) The editorial.