AN ANALYSIS OF LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF FRONT-PAGE HEADLINES OF ENGLISH NEWSPAPERS ON 15TH AUGUST 1947

This research aims to study the linguistic features of the front-page headlines of certain newspapers of 15 August 1947. It endeavours to throw light on the various linguistic features of historic headlines. Twelve headlines are taken from 12 English newspapers published in India and abroad. Researchers found that editors prefer sentential headlines to non-sentential headlines, besides, passive voice is the choice of the writers in framing the headlines. Alliteration can be seen in a couple of headlines. Both Indian and foreign newspapers have written headlines from different perspectives, in Indian newspapers, we find a balanced bias towardsIndia. On the other hand, foreign media tried to emphasize the separation aspect.