浅析英文民生新闻标题中的反语本科论文.docx

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浅析英文民生新闻标题中的反语本科论文

广师天河学院

毕业设计（论文）

题目：

浅析英文民生新闻标题中的反语

（英文）：

AnAnalysisofIronyinEnglishCivicNewsHeadline

系别：

外语学院

专业：

英语

姓名：

冯淑婷

学号：

2012073243408

指导教师：

沈悦英

日期：

2016年5月

AnAnalysisofIronyinEnglishCivicNewsHeadlineEnglishContract

ABSTRACT

Withthedramaticdevelopmentofeconomicglobalization,China’scommunicationwithoutsideworldhasbecomemorefrequentthaneverbefore.MeanwhileEnglishnewsisoneofthemostimportantresourcesforpeople.Withthelivingstandardcontinuallybeingimproved,peoplepaymoreandmoreattentiontotheircivicsituationandproblems.Forthewholepieceofthenews,theheadlineiscrucial,anditdetermineswhetherreaderswillreadthewholepieceofnews.Sotheheadlineistheeyeofthewholenewswhichbrightensthenews.

Asakindofrhetoricaldevice,punisnotonlywidelyusedinliteraryworks,butalsoaccountedforaplaceinthenewsheadlines.Simpletosay,ironycanmakenewsheadlinesbecomemorehumorous,morereal,andclosertolife.Inordertobeabletounderstandtherealmeaningexpressedbythenewsheadlines,itisnecessaryforpeopletobefamiliarwithirony.SothispaperisgoingtostudyironyinEnglishcivicnewsheadline.

Thefirstpartofthispaperisabriefintroductiontotheresearchobjectofthepaper—theironyinEnglishcivicnewsheadlines.ThesecondpartistointroducethebasicdefinitionofironyandtherelationshipbetweenironyandEnglishnewsheadlines.ThethirdpartistoanalyzethecharacteristicsofironyinEnglishcivicnewsheadlines.ThefourthpartistoanalyzethefunctionsofironyinEnglishcivicnews.Thelastpartistosummarizethewholepaper.

KeyWords:

irony;Englishcivicnewsheadline;characteristics;functions

浅析英文民生新闻标题中的反语

摘要

随着经济全球化快速发展，中国与世界的交流越来越频繁了,英文新闻成为了最重要的信息来源之一。

随着人们生活水平的不断提升，他们越来越关注民生状况和其问题。

新闻标题对于一整篇新闻来说是至关重要的，它决定了读者是否会查阅一整篇新闻，所以说标题是新闻的眼睛，它点亮了整篇新闻。

反语作为一种修辞手法，除了被广泛地运用在文学作品中，在新闻标题中也占了一席之地。

简略的说，反语能够实让新闻标题更加幽默，更加真实，更加贴近生活。

为了能够很好的理解新闻标题所表达的真正意义，熟知反语是非常的重要的。

所以本论文浅略地研究分析英文民生新闻标题中的反语。

本论文的第一部分是简略的介绍了论文要研究的对象，也就是英语民生新闻标题中的反语。

第二部分是介绍反语的基本定义和反语与英文新闻标题的关系。

第三部分是分析反语在英文民生新闻标题中的特征。

第四部分是分析反语在英语民生新闻中的作用。

最后的一部分就是总结全文。

关键词：

反语;英文民生新闻标题;特征;功能

Contents

Ⅰ.Introduction1

Ⅱ.TheRelationshipbetweenIronyandEnglishNewsHeadline...2

2.1DefinitionofIrony3

2.2TheRoleofIronyinEnglishNewsHeadline..............................................................4

Ⅲ.TheCharacteristicsofIronyinEnglishCivicNewsHeadline4

3.1CriticizeCivicProblemswithIronicHumor5

3.2ExpresstheCivicSituationImpressively6

3.3DescribetheCivicEventsObligingly7

Ⅳ.TheFunctionsofIronyinEnglishCivicNewsHeadline9

4.1DispensetheInherentVapidity13

4.2IronicallyHighlightthePrevalentPeople’sTrueFeelings14

V.Conclusion15

Bibliography17

Acknowledgements19

I.Introduction

Newsheadlineisoneofthemostimportantpartsofthenews.Itiseye-catchinghighlightwhichattractsreaders’attentionandpreviewsthewholenews.ComparedwithotherEnglishnews,Englishcivicnewsisignoredbyscholars.ThesameastheEnglishcivicnews,ironyisnottakenseriouslybyscholarscomparedwithotherEnglishrhetoricdevices.Whenpeoplewanttoknowmoreaboutirony,andtheysearchtheinformationofEnglishrhetoricdevices,thefirstthingwhichshowsupisalwaysnotirony.Inordertofindoutwhatisreallyneeded,diggingharderforironyisalwaystheimportantthing.Attheendofit,frustrationshowsupafterfindingoutthetrulysituationaboutirony.Althoughironyiscommonlyusedinourdailylife,butitseemsthatpeopledon’treallycareaboutit.Suchbeingthecase,payingmoreattentiontoironyandEnglishcivicnewsisextremelynecessary,becausetheyarecommonindailylifeandareveryimportant.ThispaperisgoingtostudyontheironyinEnglishcivicnewsheadline.

ThedefinitionofironyinWebster’sNewWorldDictionaryis“amethodofhumorousorsubtlysarcasticexpressioninwhichtheintendedmeaningifthewordsusedisthedirectoppositeoftheirusualsense.”（MichaelE.Agnes284）.Actually,ironyiscommonlyusedintheEnglishcivicnewsheadline.IronyinEnglishcivicnewsheadlineseemedquiteimmaterialtoscholarssothatpeoplestartedtoneglecttheimportanceofirony.Therefore,itishightimetopayattentiontoitforitsdevelopment.ThispaperworksonanalyzingthecharacteristicsandfunctionsofironyinEnglishcivicnewsheadline.Meanwhile,thispaperwillprovidesomeuniquecharacteristicsandfunctionsonironyinEnglishcivicnewsheadlinetoservethereadersandprovidesomeinformationtofigureoutthesignificanceofironyinEnglishcivicnewsheadline.Thecharacteristicswillhelptocriticizecivicproblemswithironichumor,expressthecivicsituationimpressivelyanddescribetheciviceventsobligingly.Andthefunctionsdispensetheinherentvapidity,ironicallyhighlighttheprevalentpeople’struefeelingsandtrenchantlyexposethecivicproblems.

II.TheRelationshipbetweenIronyandEnglishNewsHeadline

WiththehighspeeddevelopmentoftheInternet,peoplegatherinformationmoreeasily.Livinginanerafullofallkindsofinformation,peopleneedtogetvaluableinformationthroughallsortsofmedia.Andasthewidespreadinformationresourcemedia,newsisoneofthemostpopularsourcesforpeoplegatheringinformation.Inonehand,asnewsheadlineisthehighlightforthewholenews,newsheadlineseemstobethewidespreadmediaforreadertoabsorbtheinformationquickly.Intheotherhand,astheofficiallanguagesofthemostpopulouscountries,Englishistheworld’smostwidely-usedlanguage.Soonthewhole,Englishnewsiseasiertospread.Aboveall,Englishnewsheadlineisthemosteffectivewaytoconveyinformation.Inthispartofthepaper,itconcentratesontherelationshipbetweenironyandEnglishnewsheadline.

2.1DefinitionofIrony

Irony（fromAncientGreekεἰρωνεία（eirōneía）,meaning"dissimulation,feignedignorance"）,initsbroadestsense,isarhetoricaldevice,aliterarytechnique,oraneventinwhichwhatappears,onthesurface,tobethecase,differsradicallyfromwhatisactuallythecase.Ironymaybedividedintocategoriessuchasverbal,dramatic,andsituational.Muecke,DCdescribedironyinhisbookTheCompassofIrony:

“Verbal,dramatic,andsituationalironyareoftenusedforemphasisintheassertionofatruth.Theironicformofsimile,usedinsarcasm,andsomeformsoflitotescanemphasizeone'smeaningbythedeliberateuseoflanguagewhichstatestheoppositeofthetruth,deniesthecontraryofthetruth,ordrasticallyandobviouslyunderstatesafactualconnection.”（Muecke80）

HenryWatsonFowler,in TheKing'sEnglish,says“anydefinitionofirony—thoughhundredsmightbegiven,andveryfewofthemwouldbeaccepted—mustincludethis,thatthesurfacemeaningandtheunderlyingmeaningofwhatissaidarenotthesame.”（Henry126）

Theuseofironymayrequiretheconceptofadoubleaudience.Fowler’s ADictionaryofModernEnglishUsage says:

Ironyisaformofutterancethatpostulatesadoubleaudience,consistingofonepartythathearingshallhear&shallnotunderstand,&anotherpartythat,whenmoreismeantthanmeetstheear,isawarebothofthatmore&oftheoutsiders'incomprehension.（Fowler156）

The AmericanHeritageDictionary’s secondarymeaningfor irony:

“incongruitybetweenwhatmightbeexpectedandwhatactuallyoccurs”.（Houghton215）Thissense,however,isnotsynonymouswith"incongruous"butmerelyadefinitionofdramaticorsituationalirony. Itisoftenincludedindefinitionsofirony notonly thatincongruityispresent butalso thattheincongruitymustrevealsomeaspectofhumanvanityorfolly.Thusthemajorityof AmericanHeritageDictionary'susagepanelfounditunacceptabletousetheword ironic todescribemereunfortunatecoincidencesorsurprisingdisappointmentsthat"suggestnoparticularlessonsabouthumanvanityorfolly."

Onthisaspect,The OxfordEnglishDictionary （OED）alsosays:

Aconditionofaffairsoreventsofacharacteroppositetowhatwas,ormightnaturallybe,expected;acontradictoryoutcomeofeventsasifinmockeryofthepromiseandfitnessofthings.（JamesMurray403）

It’sdifficulttogiveironyaperfectexplanation.InSamuelJohnson’sDictionary,ironyisdefinedasamodeofspeechinwhichthemeaningisclearlycontrarytothewords.（Samuel147）NowaccordingtotheOxfordAdvancedLearner’sEnglish-ChineseDictionary,ironyistheexpressionofone’smeaningbysayingthedirectoppositeofone’sthoughtsinordertobeemphatic,amusing,sarcastic,etc.D.SperberandD.WilsonpublishedOnVerbalIronyanditclaimed“anironicalutteranceistraditionallyanalyzedasliterallysayingonethingandfigurativelymeaningtheopposite.Thustheironicalremark‘whatlovelyweather’wouldhavethefigurativemeaning‘whatawfulweather’,andsoon.”（Sperber＆Wilson60）.

Althoughironyhassomanydefinitionsthereisnointegrateddefinitionforirony.However,thepresentresearchofEnglishironyseemstodescribethemeaningfulideainsteadofdefinition.

2.2TheRolesofIronyinEnglishNewsHeadline

Ironyisinaparticularlanguageenvironment.Thefunctionsofironyaretosatirizeandtocreatehumorousatmosphere.Sometimesironyismorepowerful.Adoptingoppositewordstoexpressrealintentionisthefeatureofirony.Itismoreinterestingforreaderstoread.

Newsheadlineistheeyeofthenews.Themostimportantfunctionofitistorevealthemaincontentofthenewstothereadersconcisely.Andletthereadersintheshortestpossibletimetoobtainasmuchinformationaspossibl