Functional Styles. Афанасьева Н.Р - 30 стр.

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5. Such misleading sentences are called Garden Path Sen-
tences (the expression is derived from the corresponding idiom).
Why are they funny? Is the ambiguity structural, lexical or prag-
matic?
6. Make up brief news items to illustrate the headlines.
7. You are applying for a job of the headliner in Monday
Weekly. You are to compose headlines using the themes below to
demonstrate your skills. Be aware of the garden path sentences!
a) Last night a police constable was killed in a bank robbery.
b) Our school education system demands more money.
c) US Government will increase financial help to developing
economies.
d) Environmentalists insist on the necessity to save water sup-
plies from contamination.
e) As reported by a very good authority, there will be no in-
crease of the Value Added Tax this year.
f) The owner of the new Pizza Hut is facing financial trouble.
g) The gang of ten children set their school on fire.
h) The world champion in boxing is going to marry a top-
model.
i) In Milwaukee the election campaign is to begin next month.
The final list of the candidates for the post of the governor is already
announced.
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UNIT 7
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS
The above-listed functional peculiarities of newspaper vocabu-
lary are relevant for brief news items, but this substyle has a number of
specific features to be considered:
Function Features
informing reader, stating only facts without
giving comments
• absence of any individuality of expression and lack of
emotional colouring
• matter-of-fact and stereotyped forms of expression
• peculiar syntactical structure as the reporter is obliged
to be brief:
(a) complex sentences with a developed system of clauses
(b) verbal constructions (infinitive, participial, gerun-
dial); and verbal noun constructions
(c) syntactical complexes, esp. the nominative with the
infinitive, used to avoid mentioning the source of infor-
mation
(d) attributive noun groups
(e) special word order
(f) occasional disregard for the sequence of tenses rule
PRACTICE
1. Read these brief news items taken from The Independent,
an English newspaper. Analyse the syntax and wording in terms of
peculiarities listed above. 
      5. Such misleading sentences are called Garden Path Sen-             UNIT 7
tences (the expression is derived from the corresponding idiom).           BRIEF NEWS ITEMS
Why are they funny? Is the ambiguity structural, lexical or prag-
matic?                                                                            The above-listed functional peculiarities of newspaper vocabu-
                                                                           lary are relevant for brief news items, but this substyle has a number of
      6. Make up brief news items to illustrate the headlines.
                                                                           specific features to be considered:
       7. You are applying for a job of the headliner in Monday
Weekly. You are to compose headlines using the themes below to              Function                                                                Features
demonstrate your skills. Be aware of the garden path sentences!
       a) Last night a police constable was killed in a bank robbery.
                                                                                                                            • absence of any individuality of expression and lack of




                                                                             informing reader, stating only facts without
       b) Our school education system demands more money.
       c) US Government will increase financial help to developing                                                          emotional colouring
economies.                                                                                                                  • matter-of-fact and stereotyped forms of expression
       d) Environmentalists insist on the necessity to save water sup-                                                      • peculiar syntactical structure as the reporter is obliged
plies from contamination.                                                                                                   to be brief:




                                                                                         giving comments
       e) As reported by a very good authority, there will be no in-                                                        (a) complex sentences with a developed system of clauses
crease of the Value Added Tax this year.                                                                                    (b) verbal constructions (infinitive, participial, gerun-
       f) The owner of the new Pizza Hut is facing financial trouble.                                                       dial); and verbal noun constructions
       g) The gang of ten children set their school on fire.                                                                (c) syntactical complexes, esp. the nominative with the
       h) The world champion in boxing is going to marry a top-                                                             infinitive, used to avoid mentioning the source of infor-
model.                                                                                                                      mation
       i) In Milwaukee the election campaign is to begin next month.                                                        (d) attributive noun groups
The final list of the candidates for the post of the governor is already                                                    (e) special word order
announced.                                                                                                                  (f) occasional disregard for the sequence of tenses rule


                                                                                                        PRACTICE
                                                                                 1. Read these brief news items taken from The Independent,
                                                                           an English newspaper. Analyse the syntax and wording in terms of
                                                                           peculiarities listed above.




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