Lexical And Stylistic Features Of Newspaper Headlines Of Modern Italian Press

Abstract

This article is a study devoted to identifying lexical and stylistic features of headlines in Italian Newspapers. The newspaper discourse has become the object of language research, since the study of the originality of the organization of the discourse under consideration is of increased interest to linguists. The material of this study was the headlines of articles published in the Italian Newspapers Corriere della sera, La Stampa, IlMessaggero and IlSole24ore, which are among the most popular periodicals in Italy. The specificity of the newspaper-journalistic style is a special expressiveness. One of the characteristic features of newspaper expression is the expressive power of headlines. An important aspect in studying a title is to determine its functions. Linguists do not give a clear definition of header functions, sometimes they mix functions with their means of expression. The newspaper headline briefly informs the reader about the content of the newspaper material, about the meaning, nature and degree of importance of the events reflected on the pages of the newspaper. The most striking characteristics of newspaper article headlines are informative content and impact strength. It is also important to identify the lexical and stylistic features of headlines, since it is in the expressiveness that the specificity of this element of the newspaper text lies, which should attract the reader's attention and encourage him to read the article. Therefore, this article discusses the features of the use of vocabulary and stylistic tools that contribute to the creation of expressiveness of headlines in Italian Newspapers.