韩礼德提出,语言有三种功能,即概念功能、人际功能和语篇功能。任何语言形式,只要实现了整个遇篇的三种功能的一种,就具有文体价值,就会被前景化。韩礼德把前景化定义为“有动因的突出”。本文将语言功能和前景化理论结起来,对新闻英语的语言特色进行了分析,并指出了其语言特色的形成原因。 Halliday proposed that there are three kinds of functions in language: concept function, interpersonal function and text function. As long as one of the three functions of the entire incident is realized, any language form will have the stylistic value and be foregrounded. Halliday defines foregrounding as “motivated prominence.” In this paper, we combine the linguistic functions and foregrounding theories to analyze the linguistic features of News English and point out the reasons for the formation of linguistic features.