Headline : Diplomatic sherpas feel the strain in surfeit of summits  Newspaper headlines are usually written by a special headlines subeditor who makes them effective choosing catchy words, short sentence structures, metaphoric words and other rhetorical devices. These latter often make headlines obscure and difficult to understand but also intriguing, reflecting at the same time our cultural expectations. That’s the reason why headlines can be considered as a self-genre presenting some typical features. For example, a TOP DOWN approach to the above mentioned headline will be focused on its non-linguistic features as the general layout, the print size and the … Continua a leggere ANALYSYS OF A TEXTUAL TYPOLOGY : NEWSPAPER REPORTS