LINGUA LITERA : journal of english linguistics and literature
Vol 1 No 2 (2015): Lingua Litera

The Language of Yellow Journalism

YUDIA YOSEF (STBA Prayoga Padang)
OKTAVIANUS OKTAVIANUS (Universitas Andalas)
YEN POLISDA (STBA Prayoga Padang)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Sep 2015

Abstract

The aims of this article were to find the tendency of yellow journalism headline which often appears and to reveal the function of language in yellow journalismheadline. The data sources in this research were taken from English printed magazines and newspapers which were indicated as yellow journalism product.This research was a descriptive qualitative research. The research findings indicated that the form of headline was simple sentence. Simple sentence had some patterns: subject + verb, subject + verb + object, subject + verb + complement and subject + verb + object + complement. It was also found that a headline existed of phrase. The tendency of phrase were: noun phrase, verb phrase, and prepositional phrase. The headline had referential function , expressive function and social function.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

stba1

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Focus and Scope Jurnal Lingua Litera aims to spread conceptual thinking or ideas, review and the research findings obtained in the field of English Linguistics and Literature. Jurnal Lingua Litera focuses on the issues of English Linguistics and Literature involving : • Linguistic • English ...