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Introduction
Nowadays the investigation of language of mass media is very popular in different branches of linguistics. It is connected with the fact that the main task of modern mass media is not only to give urgent information but also to create public opinion, influence life values and manipulate recipients. As for headlines of news articles, their research is considered to be particularly topical because headlines reflect the content of articles, affect readers, attract recipients’ attention, express emotions, and carry out pragmatic peculiarities. The role of stylistic devices used in headlines of news articles is especially great.
Consequently, the topicality of the present research consists, firstly, in the great interest of scientists of different branches towards the texts of mass media, secondly, in insufficient information of figurative potential of different stylistic means in the headlines of news articles.
The aim of the present research is to analyze stylistic devices used in headlines of English news articles.
The tasks of the present investigation are as follows:
1. To study news articles as a genre of mass media.
2. To examine structure of headlines of news articles and their functions.
3. To characterize linguistic peculiarities of news headlines.
4. To analyze language of news headlines.
5. To investigate stylistic devices used in news headlines.
6. To research peculiarities of the headlines in syntactic aspect.
The objects of the present work are headlines of English news articles.
The subjects of the work are stylistic devices used in headlines of English news articles.
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Chapter 1. Functions and Peculiarities of Headlines of News Articles
1.1. News article as a genre of mass media
Peculiarities of various genres of mass media are studied in different scientific disciplines, for instance, linguistics, sociolinguistics, semiotics, communications studies, sociology, psychology, etc. from the very beginning of mass media appearance. It will be a mistake to think that linguistic branches accept historical significance of media only in its Internet age. Indeed, media language has always been a material for manifold researches.
In the modern era texts of mass media are considered to be a mixture of different functional styles of the language because they contain the characteristic features of various texts. First of all, mass media is a type of discursive activity which reflects communicative and cognitive functions of the language [Kubryakova, Tsurikova 2004, 156].
According to its communicative function, media must be a unique means of communication. It is one of the main components of human history since its very beginning.
Throughout the history of human communication, mass media has played an exceptional role in every society. As a means of communication, mass media can perform three main functions. First of all, it informs people of occurring events. Secondly, it evaluates these events. And thirdly, it stimulates the mass audience to change their attitudes towards the reflected events and situations.
Apart from these three functions, mass media is useful in other different aspects. It transmits information, creates and stores it with the aim to influence perception, knowledge, and memory of people. Consequently, mass media covers different themes, including politics, economy, and culture which are, from the point of view of F. Bosch, considered to be the most important parts of free-time activity and daily discourse [Bosch 2015, 1].
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