| English international political news report is an important news genre, which has been studied by scholars from various aspects. However, nobody has studied it from foregrounding angle.In this thesis, foregrounding is used as the theoretical framework to analyze news discourses concerning international political affairs. There are in all30samples which are randomly selected from BBC website. The research uses both quantitative and qualitative analysis, and the former is used to analyze data for objectivity, the latter is used to conclude and summarize the result of the data analysis. According to linguistic theories, foregrounding can be achieved through over-regularity and deviation, the present study adopts the two devices. The study mainly consists of4parts, the first part is the analysis of how foregrounding effects are achieved at structural level; the second part is at lexical level; the third part is at the syntactical level and the fourth part is the analysis at graphological level. Through the analysis at the four levels, the thesis aims to explore how the writer achieves his writing intentions by means of making certain features foregrounded through various linguistic devices in order to better serve the functions of EIPNRs. According to the findings, readers can draw insights into their appreciation of international political news, and thus have a better comprehension of it. This thesis can justify the applicability of foregrounding in international political news discourses analysis. |
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