A Study on the Thematic Structures of English Headline News

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.200826.175How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Theme, Thematic Structures, Clause, Headline News

Abstract

This paper, based on Halliday’s thematic theories, analyses the distributions of thematic structures of 20 headline news in 2020. The results present that simple themes are more frequently adopted than multiple themes. While among the simple themes, the proper names and prepositional phrases are more common. Besides, the proper names are characterized by internationalization. But interpersonal theme is not shown in the news. This study has positive impacts on English learners’ understanding English news from the perspective of the clause.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Jing Li
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/08/28
TI  - A Study on the Thematic Structures of English Headline News
BT  - Proceedings of the 2020 4th International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 862
EP  - 864
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200826.175
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200826.175
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