1 - / Newspaper functional style 1. Newspaper style as a system of interrelated lexical, phraseological and grammatical means 2.

2. Distinctive properties of newspaper language that set it apart from other styles of language Newspaper style, as it is evident from its name, is found in newspapers. You should not conclude though that everything published in a newspaper should be referred to the newspaper style. The paper contains vastly varying materials, some of them being publicist essays, some - feature articles, some - scientific reviews, some - official stock-exchange accounts etc., so that a daily (weekly) newspaper also offers a variety of styles. When we mention "newspaper style", we mean informative materials, characteristic of newspaper only and not found in other publications. To attract the reader's attention to the news, special graphical means are used. British and American papers are notorious for the change of type, specific headlines, space ordering, etc. We find here a large proportion of dates and personal names of countries, territories, institutions, individuals. To achieve the effect of objectivity and impartiality in rendering some fact or event, most of the newspaper information is published anonymously, without the name of the newsman who supplied it, with little or no subjective modality. But the position and attitude of the paper, nonetheless, become clear from the choice not only of the subject-matter but also of the words denoting international or domestic issues. Newspaper style is a system of interrelated lexical, phraseological and grammatical means which is perceived by the community speaking the language as a separate unity that basically serves the purpose of informing and instructing the reader. The primary function is to impart information, seeks to influence public opinion on political and other matters. Distinctive properties of newspaper language which set it apart from other styles of language: special political and economic terms, non-term political vocabulary, newspaper clichs, abbreviations, neologisms; syntactic constructions, indicating a lack of assurance of the reporter as to the correctness of the facts reported or his desire to avoid responsibility [Complex Subject]; complex sentences with a developed system of clauses; syntactical complexes: verbal constructions (infinitive, participial, gerundial) and verbal noun constructions;

specific word order five-w-and-h-pattern rule: (who-what-why-howwhere-when) attributive noun groups (e.g. leap into space age); emotionally coloured words and elements to help create a clearer mental picture for the reader; written in the third person; use of direct speech or indirect speech which is attributed to someone other than the reporter; some use of passive verbs but usually only when someone who is being quoted wants to distance themselves from an issue and to show their objectivity about an issue; about something that has taken place so mostly written in the past tense; simple - in fact close to the way we talk - so relatively short sentences and words and some use of clichs which the whole audience understands; punchy - it must grab the reader's attention so often uses: short rather than long words, active verbs, relatively short sentences, concrete rather than abstract vocabulary; sentences written in full (no elision) or elliptical sentences.