Rhythm Of The Headlines

The study of news title is a new subject with a powerful applicability. Its thorough study is vital to the development of the journalism of our country. However, the previous study, mainly done from angle of composition study, rhetoric study and appreciation study ,neglects the systematic study of its sound. On basis of the principle of the study of Chinese rhythm and news title, this paper widely reviews the news titles of newspaper, television and broadcasting and analyze various presentations of rhythms in news titles, such as, pause and delay, cadence, stress, tune and cockneyism. It also makes a comprehensive description and analysis of the news titles of different media, different styles of same media and different types, explores the rules of their rhythms and draws some conclusions which has some guidance to the making of news titles, with the purpose of further enriching the theoretical research of the study of Chinese rhythm and news title.