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1 LEXICAL STYLISTIC DEVICES - ANALYSIS

News is available through newspapers, television, radio and also online sources. With the progress of advanced technology, the internet has also enabled readers or news consumers to get global news information by just watching what is happening worldwide on screen from various news websites. These convenient sources have contributed to changing people’s lifestyles and internet users’ decision to get their news online instead of from printed newspapers. People can easily get updates regarding any interesting news especially important information which can directly impact their lives.

News is a part of people’s daily lives. Lexical stylistic devices have been widely used in a variety of writing works including news headlines. These short messages are considered to be the first informative and persuasive product of news reports. [ CITATION JIT21 \l 1051 ]

Fourteen lexical stylistic devices were found, studied, marks and analyzed, about the news of COVID-19 is used in the public press. In order to achieve the aim, several newspapers, from whole the world were selected.

Rhetorical features, followed by polysemy, principle, simile, metaphor, metonymy, synechdoche pars pro toto, synechdoche totum pro parte, periphrases, litotes, hyperbole, irony, oxymoron, antonomasia and pun.

 

1. POLYSEMY

The

lexemes also occur in the same context with the Present Participle of the verbs

“to rampage” (that is, to behave in an uncontrolled way, especially when this in-

volves damaging or destroying property over a wide area (OneLook Dictionary

Search, 2020) and “to rage” (that is, to continue with a lot of force, violence, or

angry arguments (OneLook Dictionary Search, 2020). Both denote a violent, de-

structive action.

 

Source: Nature is a British weekly scientific journal founded and based in London, England.

The development from the Biden administration draws cheers from public health researchers and ire from drugmakers. [ CITATION Amy21 \l 1051 ]

cheers – can have meaning as a friendly expression said just before your drink an alcoholic drink; in this case it is more as encouragement, welcome, fill with joy draws cheers - means to get the crowd to make noise in a, usually, positive manner.

 

The extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic call for extraordinary measures. [ CITATION Amy21 \l 1033 ]

measures - suitable actions or proceedings towards achieving a goal.

extraordinary measures – meaning in a sentence, those are based on medication or treatment which cannot be applied without incurring severe pain, costs or other inconveniences.

This marks a major shift in US policy in a pro-public health way.[ CITATION Amy21 \l 1051 ]

major shift – in that meaning is explain of greater importance or stature or rank, make a shift in or exchange of, make a shift in or exchange of, cause to change; make different; cause a transformation, a change for the better; progress in development

 

Kavanagh is part of the growing chorus of health policy and global health researchers advocating for patent waivers. [ CITATION Amy21 \l 1051 ]

chorus - basically a "chorus" means a large group of singers performing together. That attitude is expressed by a lot of people at the same time.

 

Source: NBC News is the news division of the American broadcast television network NBC.

CDC projects a 'sharp decline' in Covid cases in the U.S. by July. [ CITATION Eri21 \l 1051 ]

sharp - a sharp point or edge is very thin and can cut through things very easily.

sharp decline – the meaning in that format is dramatically decline, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength

 

Source: Nature is a British weekly scientific journal founded and based in London

How COVID unlocked the power of RNA vaccines. [ CITATION Eli21 \l 1051 ]

Lock has several meanings. In this case it means access or other form of authentication.

 

2. SIMILE

 

Source: The Bangkok Post is an English-language daily newspaper published in Bangkok, Thailand.

Virus hit ‘like a bomb’ as toll rises in Ecuador’s business capital [ CITATION Ban203 \l 1051 ]

The ‘virus’ and ‘bomb’ are associated in the form of comparison. Both of them can result in negative effects. The word ‘like’ can help classify the type of rhetoric more clearly.

 

Source: 9 News - news and headlines from Australia and the world.

"Bali is as dead as a door nail," Mr Putra Jaya said. [ CITATION Ing20 \l 1051 ]

Bali is also facing a lot of problems during the pandemic, the streets are empty, no food, electricity, so the comparison is characteristic that life has stopped and it is compare to the nail, it is not alive as a life in the streets.

 

Source: Business Line or The Hindu Business Line is an Indian business newspaper

New disease as contagious as Covid and fatal like Ebola approaching humanity [ CITATION Bus21 \l 1051 ]

The sentence above is simile because the disease of Covid-19 compared with the disease of Ebola which happened in 2015.

 

Source: The Detroit Free Press is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, US

I've described it as like almost feeling kind of like a bubble around your head, like something that needs to pop so you can get connected with reality. [ CITATION KRI21 \l 1051 ]

The sentence is simile because he describes the feeling of the Covid-19 disease, and how dangerous and annoying it is. We should stay alert of corona virus.

 

Source: The Atlantic is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher

SARS‑CoV‑2 is neither as lethal as some other coronaviruses, such as SARS and MERS, nor as contagious as measles. [ CITATION EdY20 \l 1051 ]

 

Source: NBC News

The virus doesn't care if you die, it is not as ordinary as flu, it behaves like a ´hit and run´ virus. [ CITATION Jam20 \l 1051 ]

A hit and run road accident is one in which driver who cause the accident drives away without helping the other people involved and without telling the police. So in this simile it is also classify Corona virus as something, which come, and leave without any care or attention.

 

Source: The Guardian

Strong as an ox: how to cook a lunar new year feast and keep your sanity. [ CITATION Jes21 \l 1051 ]

If someone is as strong as an ox, they are extremely strong. In headlines it is also as simile, nice symbolic. The year of ox, it is a current lunar year in China and also the meaning ´strong as an ox´, reflect for current hard time and challenges, which are connecting with preparation of celebration, cause COVID 19 pandemic.

 

3. METAPHOR

 

As COVID-19 sweeps across the globe, many politicians and news media have adopted war metaphors to describe the challenges we are facing.

 

Source: The Globe and Mail is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada

We are at war with COVID-19. We need to fight it like a war[ CITATION AND20 \l 1051 ]

Source: The Guardian is a British news and media website owned by the Guardian Media Group.

Trump talks himself up as 'wartime president' to lead America through a crisis [ CITATION The20 \l 1051 ]

The war-time imagery is compelling. It identifies an enemy (the virus), a strategy (“flatten the curve,” but also “save the economy”), the front-line warriors (health-care personnel), the home-front (people isolating at home), the traitors and deserters (people breaking the social-distancing rules).

 

Source: Reuters is an international news organisation owned by Thomson Reuter.

'We are at war': France imposes lockdown to combat virus. “We’re not up against another army or another nation. But the enemy is right there: invisible, elusive, but it is making progress.” [ CITATION Mic201 \l 1051 ]

Also France, and the president Marcron speech, when he announced the outbreak of the pandemic, he partially declares war on the pandemic. Macron acknowledges that France is ´at war´ with the Covid 19 pandemic and that it ´fight´ with all resources to ´win a victory´ over the virus.

 

Source: The Times of India is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group.

Person of the year: The frontline Covid warrior. [ CITATION TNN20 \l 1051 ]

 

Source: USF Magazine is the official magazine of the USF Alumni Association.

BEYOND COVID-19: HOMEFRONT HEROES [ CITATION Pen21 \l 1051 ]

Connection was registered in many press releases between war and pandemic such as between the virus and an enemy, health professionals and an army, sick or dead people and casualties, and eliminating the virus and victory.

 

Source: Nature

COVID- 19 is a marathon, not a sprint [ CITATION Nat21 \l 1051 ]

Journey metaphors can similarly suggest a long and difficult process with an uncertain conclusion

 

Source: BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.

India Covid-19 second wave: ´A coronavirus tsunami we had never seen before´. [ CITATION BBC201 \l 1051 ]

Metaphors involving weather events or natural disasters tend to focus on the consequences of Covid-19 for health systems, but also background the role of the governments responsible for properly funding those health systems.

 

4. METONYMY

 

Source: The Amsterdam News is a weekly Black-owned newspaper serving New York City. 

White House COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force Black Press Briefing [ CITATION AmN21 \l 1051 ]

The White House. (Referring to the American administration.)

 

Source: BBC News

Coronavirus: Singapore quarantines 20,000 migrant workers [ CITATION BBC20 \l 1051 ]

This example uses the word ‘Singapore’ to represent the Singaporean government agency which acts to fight the disease outbreak in that country.

 

Source: U.S. News is an American media company that publishes news, opinion, consumer advice, rankings, and analysis.

The claim from the Kremlin – which U.S. experts say is likely true – comes as world powers race for greater ‘vaccine diplomacy.’ And the U.S. is falling behind. [ CITATION Pau21 \l 1051 ]

The basic of the media is to fit a lot of content into a limited space and to use metonymy in this sentence, it is simple to state that Kremlin claims something, than name a person responsible in the Russian government and will need to offer additional explanation.

 

Source: The Bangkok Post is an English-language daily newspaper published in Bangkok, Thailand. It is published in broadsheet and digital formats.

US denies hijacking masks in Bangkok [ CITATION Ban20 \l 1051 ]

 

The word ‘US’ here can refer to Americans; President Donald Trump reminded his people that the coronavirus pandemic will bring a rising number of fatalities in the country.

 

Source: Arab News is an English-language daily newspaper published in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia´s crown prince receives first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. [ CITATION ARA20 \l 1051 ]

Crown symbolizes or referring to the King.

 

5. SYNECHDOCHE PARS PRO TOTO

 

Source: Insurance Journal delivers the latest business news for the Property & Casualty insurance industry.

COVID Business Interruption Suits TOP 700. Yes, That´s a Lot. [ CITATION Sus20 \l 1051 ]

Referring to a group of related people makes a business. Businessmen.

 

Source: Global News is the news and current affairs division of the Canadian Global Television Network

Canada should look to Britain for a view of a COVID-19 future….. [ CITATION Mia21 \l 1051 ]

Referring to a country by a particular part of that country: using ´Britain´ to refer to the United Kingdom.

 

Source: BBC News

UK Covid lockdown easing: A No. 10 ´priority´ is to allow more social contact. [ CITATION BBC212 \l 1051 ]

Synecdoche pars pro toto, often we can used in government announcements where a building stands in for a government official or agency, such as "No. 10", being used to represent the British Prime Minister.

 

Source: The Guardian

At a time when our country needs an orchestrated, coordinated, all-hands-on-deck response, there is simply no hand on the tiller. [ CITATION EdP20 \l 1051 ]

All hands on deck it means that all people who are involved, be able to change bad situation, as local leaders, public health professionals or scientists.

 

Source: The Daily Record is a national tabloid newspaper and news website based in Glasgow, Scotland.

Wearing glasses could reduce coronavirus transmission risk by three times, study finds. [ CITATION Dan21 \l 1051 ]

Glasses is a pars pro toto name for something that consists more then just two pieces of glass, it is included the frame, nosebridge, as well as lenses…)

 

6. SYNECHDOCHE TOTUM PRO PARTE

 

Source: CNN

Americans as young 12 could get the Covid-19 vaccine this week. Some experts think it could turn the pandemic around. [ CITATION CNN21 \l 1051 ]

The whole is used to describe a part, such as widespread use of ´America´, ´americans´, (which can also refer to both the South and North American continents) in place of ´United States of America, ´United States´ or ´USA´.

 

Source: NBC News is the news division of the American broadcast television network NBC

Congress passes $1.9T Covid relief bill, with $1,400 checks, in major win for Biden. [ CITATION Sah21 \l 1051 ]

In the United States, "Congress" is used to refer to the legislature, including both the house of representatives the House of representatives and the Senate. That s why it is understanding as Totum pro parte.

 

Source: BBC News

Covid-19. Dutch police break up anti-lockdown protest. Police in the Netherlands have used water cannon ….[ CITATION BBC211 \l 1051 ]

One or more police officers were in action, not the entire police.

 

Source: BBC News

The authorities had set a limit of 200 people for the protest at the Malieveld area near …. [ CITATION BBC211 \l 1051 ]

The power or right to control, judge, or prohibit the actions of others. (often plural) a person or group of people having this power, such as a government, police force, etc. a position that commands such a power or right (often in the phrase in authority).

 

Source: The Guardian

Coronavirus, was “just going to disappear”. [ CITATION EdP20 \l 1051 ]

The use of “coronavirus” is the name of a family of viruses that includes multiple infamous members, including SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV. So it is whole-from-part (totum pro parte) synecdoche.

 

Source: The Standard is one of the largest newspapers in Kenya

528 more added to Korea coronavirus infections tally. [ CITATION The211 \l 1051 ]

Geographic reference is often used as totum pro parte examples in everyday language. Korea representative both countries: South Korea and North Korea.

 

7. PERIPHRASIS

 

Source: NBC News

Cuba sends ´white coat army´ to fight coronavirus in different countries. [ CITATION Reu20 \l 1051 ]

White coat - a loose-fitting usually white coat with deep pockets that is worn in a laboratory or medical facility. So this interpretation is for medical staff.

 

Source. NBC News

For richer and poorer, Uncle Sam´s coronavirus response……[ CITATION Jon20 \l 1051 ]

Already in 19 century, the United States gets its nickname Uncle Sam. The name linked to Samuel Wilson a meat packer from Troy. And this is one of famous periphrase which is connected to USA.

 

Source: The Independent is a British online newspaper that was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. 

Coronavirus: 80% of low-income families financially worse off since pandemic….

This type of periphrastic labels are regarded as socially acceptable ways to mask a reality, poverty, and, in doing so, avoid discrimination against socially disadvantaged groups. Low-income families as poor families. The fact of putting the person before the problem is supposed to reflect a sensitive attitude to people living in poverty and, therefore, contributes to the civility that characterizes discourse.

 

Source: The Times Now is a 24-hour English news channel in India

Celebs who have passed away due to Covid-19 since April 2021 [ CITATION Tim21 \l 1051 ]

Periphrasis is often used in euphemisms like passed away for ‘died’.

 

Source: The Guardian

The Better Half: On the Genetic Superiority of Women review….[ CITATION Gai20 \l 1051 ]

The Better Half is usually used for ´the wife´, in this headlines it is reflection for women.

 

8. LITOTES

 

Source: UN News – global perspective Human stories

´for the racism you show only strengthens me´ [ CITATION Ste201 \l 1051 ]

The sentence is litotes because the racism of human beings or the humans' greed will increase the spread of Corona virus.

 

Source: CNBC is the world leader in business news and real-time financial market coverage.

As a matter of a fact, if I’m not mistaken, there are more Latinos and African American seniors that have been vaccinated, as a percentage, than white seniors. [ CITATION Nor21 \l 1051 ]

The word collocation “If I’m not mistaken”, which is subtler form, is used in lieu of “I am right”. In this example, the function of litotes is to lessen the harshness of the statement to make it politer.

 

Source: The Tampa Bay Times, previously named the St. Petersburg Times through 2011, is an American newspaper published in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States

Florida’s 1 million COVID-19 cases are not as bad as you think. Florida´s approach not so bad. [ CITATION Tam20 \l 1051 ]

In this example, we can clearly see the pragmatic feature of litotes. Collocation “not so bad” substitutes Florida as “good”. So, the short word “good” is intentionally omitted and the opposite “bad” is negated. Therefore, the special interval between two meanings of “good” and “bad” is created, where “not bad” tends to be closer to “good”, but not exactly substitutes it. The meaning of “not bad” is weaker than the meaning of “good”, and it is an accurate example of litotes.

 

Source: The Globe and Mail is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities.

Original assessment of COVID-19 as low-risk wasn’t wrong…It was not wrong, it’s just that it is important to also provide what that future state might be like. [ CITATION MAR21 \l 1051 ]

She could have been more forthright and simply said: “It was right to present an original assessment of Covid-19..” But she went for the more understated, euphemistic “it was not wrong”. She used litotes to take the sting out of a highly divisive issue for people and the country and as excuse for the situation. Litotes made a public hot potato just that bit cooler.

 

Source: The Toronto Star is a Canadian broadsheet daily newspaper. 

´It´s not rocket science´. Epidemiologist say kids should be playing sports outdoors. [ CITATION Mic21 \l 1051 ]

Common in daily speech and everyday expressions ´It s not rocket science´. It is about as simple as it gets.)

Source: The John Hopkins News-Letter is the independent student newspaper in Baltimore, Maryland.

These side effects are not unlike those from other vaccines. [ CITATION Jes20 \l 1051 ]

In this sentence is litotes used in the form of a double negative such as ´similar to´. One way to negate a word´s opposite is simply to negate the word twice.

 

9. HYPERBOLE

 

Source: BBC News

We are testing more people per capita than South Korea, the UK, France, Japan, Sweden, Finland and many other countries. We have tested more then all countries put together. [ CITATION Rea20 \l 1051 ]

This is possible classify as hyperbole, cause it is true but misleading. They have done more than 9 million tests, the most in the world, but when adjusted for population, at least 15 countries have done more testing per capita.

Trump generally used a lot of hyperbole in his speech, to achieve persuasive political interests.

 

Source: The Guardian

´The system had collapsed´: India´s descent into Covid hell [ CITATION Han21 \l 1051 ]

 

Source: BBC News

Covid brings tears and spilt milk to Canadian dairy [ CITATION BBC213 \l 1051 ]

 

Source: BBC News

New York: The city that never sleeps on lockdown [ CITATION Nat20 \l 1051 ]

 

Source: CBS News

Florida ´heading a million miles an hour in the wrong direction´ as COVID-19 cases keep rising, doctor says. [ CITATION CBS20 \l 1051 ]

These examples all 4, use hyperbole and present impossible situations or phenomena which could not happen according to the literal meaning of the statements the news headline writer created.

 

Source: The Guardian

Why I´m taking the coronavirus hype with a pinch of salt. [ CITATION Sim20 \l 1051 ]

The meaning of author is more or less not completely believe something what is given or told. We have to take information with a pinch of salt, because it tends to exaggerate.

 

Source: France 24 is a French state-owned international news television network based in Paris

Hunger for ´good news ´ grows as pandemic woes deepen.

Grim headline, horrifying statistics and deep uncertainty over the coronavirus pandemic, many people worldwide are looking for good news. They are hunger for such a positive and good news.

 

Source: BBC News

Covid virus ´survives for 28 days´ in lab conditions. [ CITATION BBC202 \l 1051 ]

Easy and nice interpretation of hyperbole for surviving of virus explain the fact that virus remains alive or in existence still during 28 days and it is not easy to disappear.

 

10. IRONY

 

Source: Reuters is an international news organization.

Meat Plant Closures, Piglets aborted, chickens gassed as pandemic slams meat sector. Coronavirus outbreaks at meatpacking plants have created a backlog of animals ready for slaughter but with nowhere to go. Farmers are having to cull them. [ CITATION Tom20 \l 1051 ]

 

Source: Vox is an American news website

The closure of meatpacking plants will lead to the overcrowding of animals. The implications are horrible. [ CITATION Dyl20 \l 1051 ]

Terrible irony: A shortage of meat on one hand and a waste of animals on the other.

 

Source: The Daily Mash is a British satirical website providing parodic commentary on current affairs and other news stories.

Science is bullshit, says man whose life has just been saved by it. DONALD Trump has confirmed that science, medicine and doctors are a load of bullshit. [ CITATION The201 \l 1051 ]

The irony in all this news is that Trump always criticized science, hate science, with all his speech: ´science is bullshit, won´t listen, don’t wear your mask…. And at the end who saved him? The scientists.

 

Source: The Philippine Daily Inquirer is an English-language newspaper in the Philippines.

Curfew policy meant to protect people from virus leads to death [ CITATION Gab21 \l 1051 ]

This title mention, that the curfew policy, which is supposed to protect our right to health, became the reason for the deprivation of the utmost right to life.

 

Source: National Geographic is the long-lived official monthly magazine of the National Geographic Society

Pollution made COVID-19 worse. Now, lockdowns are clearing the air. [ CITATION BET20 \l 1051 ]

Even before the coronavirus, air pollution killed seven million people a year. Air pollution has intensified the pandemic, but the pandemic has temporarily cleaned the skies. Irony of this is that on one side pandemic causes high mortality, on other side during pandemic and needed lockdown, a global pollution has improved.

 

Source: The Manila Times is the oldest extant English-language newspaper in the Philippines

Wearing a face mask protects others from you, not yourself from others. [ CITATION Yen20 \l 1051 ]

The virus spreads from droplets people spray when they cough, sneeze or talk. If you are ill, you protect others, but if the people around you are infected, the mask may offer some protection. It means, the guarantee is not 100%.

 

Source: Stat is an American health-oriented news website 

Covid-19 at the White House is a simple matter of workplace transmission. [ CITATION Pat20 \l 1051 ]

The White Hose is a workplace like any other, and as it was known, it wasn´t one that took seriously testing precautions, physical distancing, masks, and contact tracing. So ´nice´ example of irony.

 

11. OXYMORON

 

Source: City A.M. is a free, business-focused newspaper distributed in and around London, England, with an accompanying website

The “unbreakable link” from Covid cases to hospitalisations and deaths is now being broken as Britain begins to emerge from the grips of the pandemic, the health secretary has said. [ CITATION CIT21 \l 1051 ]

Unbreakable-broken – The phrase is oxymoron because the Covid-19 will break all the things that we consider unbreakable such as economy and faith.

 

Source: The New Indian Express is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper

Darkness visible. While most major sporting events scheduled for the near future have been postponed, the Tokyo Olympics, scheduled to start on July 24, remains a notable exception. [ CITATION Swa20 \l 1051 ]

The figure ´Darkness visible´ express an apparent paradox achieved by the position of words which seem to contradict one another. The words present in a sentence are complementary, but in the same way they are communicating apparent opposite meanings.

Source: The Financial Times is a daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and published digitally that focuses on business and economic current affairs

Alone together: friendship in a pandemic [ CITATION Reb21 \l 1051 ]

Nice oxymoron example ´alone together´, where seemingly contradictory terms appear side by side. Pandemic brought us a lot of challenges, isolation, reconsideration of friendship. Many people were forced to stayed at home, everyday contacts disappear and people learned to feel a common participation. This virus effected all of us, poor or rich and even though we were alone at home, we hold together a pray, love and hope.

 

Source: The Economic Times is an Indian English-language business-focused daily newspaper

‘You can’t trust anyone’: Russia’s hidden COVID toll is an open secret  [ CITATION Ant21 \l 1051 ]
Here in the example open means generally known to all and secrete means something which is mysterious, something confidential, not known to all. In this way the opposite ideas, open secrete are used together for emphasing and achieving effect so it is oxymoron. Through the example the regular or usual trait or quality is made known to all, and the country is in a way criticised.

 

Source: CBC News is the division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news. 

´Controlled chaos´: Inside the N.S lab scrambling to process record number of COVID-19 tests.[ CITATION Fra21 \l 1051 ]

The enormous interest in taking tests made a bit chaos, but the phrase ´controlled chaos´ describe effort, that ostensibly out of control system works under unprecedented rules and organisation.

 

Source: The Daily Mirror is a British national daily tabloid-sized newspaper that is considered to be engaged in tabloid-style journalism

UK 'almost exactly' at 50,000 daily coronavirus cases 'worst-case scenario'. [ CITATION Mil20 \l 1051 ]

Stating that UK have almost exactly 50000 cases implies that they are much closer then if they simply stated that they have almost 50000 cases.

 

Source: PBS NewsHour is a public media news organization with a nightly hour-long television broadcast and a robust digital footprint across the web and social media

It’s a minor miracle that I didn’t infect him before I realized I, too, was sick. [ CITATION Ste21 \l 1051 ]

The meaning of ´minor miracle´ is something good that is not very likely to happen but does happen. In this case it was a fact that she didn’t infect her father, who has cancer, even if she was infected by virus.

 

Source: BBC News

Coronavirus: Is virtual reality tourism about to take off? [ CITATION Ber20 \l 1051 ]

Many people take "virtual" to mean fake or unreal, and "reality" to refer to the real world. This results in an oxymoron.

 

12. ANTONOMASIA

 

Source: Government of Lesotho - news

His majesty launches Covid-19 vaccine roll-out. [ CITATION Gov21 \l 1051 ]

The substitution of a title or epithet for a proper name. In that case it was King Letsie III and Queen ‘Masenate Mohato Seeiso as well as Princess Senate.

 

Source: The Winnipeg Free Press is a daily broadsheet newspaper in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

…health-care heroes during pandemic….[ CITATION Sus21 \l 1051 ]

The media have repeatedly praised healthcare workers for their ‘heroic’ work and they classify them as health care heroes. It can be understand – nurses as necessary sacrifice, portraying nurses as selfless, sacrificing, and outstanding moral subjects for practicing on the front-line without adequate protective gear and other clinical resources – nurses as model citizens, positioning nurses as compliant, hardworking and obedient subjects in contrast to harmful individuals and groups that ignore or resist COVID 19 public health measures. The last expression – heroism itself as the reward for nurses.

 

Source: Deutsche Welle is a German public state-owned international broadcaster funded by the German federal tax budget. 

…. but maybe somewhere up there is a heaven´s guardian watching over us. [ CITATION DW21 \l 1051 ]

Nice example of the phrase antonomasia, where god is to name differently, as a heaven guardian.

 

Source: Indianapolis Monthly is a magazine published in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Mr. Right: Can Mitch Daniels Outsmart COVID-19?

Daniels seems to be the same kind of leader he has always been: brilliant and brusque, driven and demanding of those around him, often certain that he is right. [ CITATION ADA20 \l 1051 ]

Giving a man the title “Mr. Right” is an everyday example of antonomasia in conversation.

 

Source: News

´Mr. President, wake up´: Emboldened Biden trashes Trump´s pandemic response. [ CITATION Ada20 \l 1051 ]

This message ´Mr. President, wake up. Get to work´, was Biden response to the coronavirus pandemic failed leadership towards to Trump. Mr. President represent Donald Trump.

 

1.14 PUN

 

Source: Flight Global is an online news and information website which covers the aviation and aerospace industries

Cambodia lifts entry ban on six nationalities as Covid-19 ebbs. [ CITATION Cir20 \l 1051 ]

The word ‘six’ in this headline can cause readers to think of the phonologically related word ‘sick’, which can also describe the six countries in which many of the citizens are infected with the coronavirus.

 

Source: The New Indian Express is an Indian news media publishing company. 

A lone man who was just tested for COVID-19 waits. [ CITATION Ass20 \l 1051 ]

Grammatically, the word ‘alone’ and ‘lone’ cannot be used in the same way. This means the position of the words used in the headline is different. The word ‘alone’ is a predicative adjective while ‘lone’ function as an attributive one. The pronunciation of these two adjectives may cause the readers to ponder the difference in their actual meanings.

 

Source: ABC News is a public news service in Australia 

Virus-hit Russia reports 25% death increase in January-March. [ CITATION Ass20 \l 1051 ]

The word ´hit´ is often used in the passive form, can be defined as ‘to have a bad effect on somebody/something’; in that case it means that some inhabitants of Russia were infected with the deadly coronavirus.

 

Source: The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market newspaper published in London in a tabloid format. 

Britain shuts up shop. [ CITATION Dai201 \l 1051 ]

This title was showing in The Daily Mail as the country faces the biggest shutdown. It reports Johnson accepted the measures were ´draconian´ but would save lives.

Source: The Daily Times is an English-language Pakistani newspaper.

During this pandemic, the only nation that I will visit is imagination [ CITATION Dai20 \l 1051 ]

I saw this meme ´the only nation that I will visit is imagination´ in the Daily Times news. I added ´During this pandemic´ and I think it is a nice example of pun, which give us imagine how vacation will look like.

 

Source: The Sun is a British tabloid newspaper.

Lying of Duty. Boris Jo Boris Johnson hits back at Dominic Cummings to deny ‘bodies pile-up’ claim & ex-aide could still be ‘Chatty Rat’. [ CITATION Har21 \l 1051 ]

The Sun mocks up a police case file for its front page with the pun headline “Lying of Duty”, saying the No. 10 leaks row is a plot worthy of the police drama.

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