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1、 Alliteration头韵 Assonance（半韵） 王芳Alliteration头韵韵头韵(Alliteration)是英语语言学分支文体学的重要术语。头韵是英语语音修辞手段之一,它蕴含了语言的音乐美和整齐美,使得语言声情交融、音义一体,具有很强的表现力和感染力Definition Alliteration, which derives from Latin meaning repeating and play upon the same letter, is a figure of speech in which consonants, especially at the begin
2、ning of words ,or stressed syllables ,are repeated. It refers to the repetition of an initial sound that is usually a consonant in two or more words that begin with the same letter.Function The main rhetoric function of alliteration is to increase the rhythm of language, besides which, alliteration
3、is sometimes used to imitate some sound in life to make the language more vivid and impressive. (增加语言韵律美，使语言更为生动形象）Examples1.then and there 当场，立即2.now and never 机不可失3.black and blue 青一块紫一块4.thick and thin 在任何情况下5.beauty and beast 美女与野兽6.pride and prejudice 傲慢与偏见7. bread and butter 谋生之道8. He is all f
4、ire and fight. 他从不放弃任何机会。9. (with) might and main 尽全力地 10.(in) weal and woe 无论是福是祸10. Hong KongA capitalist citadel at Chinas doorstep.香港中国大门口的资本自已大本营。 11. And sings a solitary song, that whistles in the wind.在萧萧风中，吟唱一首孤独的歌。12. Scandals and scares, booms and busts made 1987 a period of tumult.丑闻和恐慌繁
5、荣和惨跌使1987年成为动荡的一年。13. The crunch of people crushes city and country alike. 人头攒动挤满城市和乡村。14. Care kills the cat. 好奇心杀死猫。(proverb)在新闻标题中也多使用头韵在新闻标题中也多使用头韵（alliteration）15. Come to Court 上庭16. Hellfire from the Heave 天上的地狱之火17. Weather and Worries 天气变化引起的担忧18. Dare Devil Who Dared 胆大包天的人29. Dying with D
6、ignity “ 尊严死”20. Chalk Goes up against Cheese 相差甚远 21. Challenging the Myth Machine 挑战神话的机器Assonance（半韵）（半韵） Definition： Assonance, sometimes called vocalic rhyme, denotes vowel identity in the tonic syllables, sometimes supported by the same device in the succeeding unstressed syllables, of words w
7、hose consonants differ or, if partly the same, avoid creating rhyme (grave/fate; votive/notice; glory/holy) and which echo each other in the same line or in different portions of a poem, or which appear at the end of successive or alternating lines. 据Merriam-Websters Collegiate Dictionary 对类音，半韵（Ass
8、onance）的解释，Assonance是指relatively close juxtaposition of similar sounds especially of vowels or repetition of vowels without repetition of consonants即类韵是指几个相邻词的元音相似或元音相同但是前后辅音不同,相邻词的音节中对相似元音的重复，也可表现为同一字母在不同单词中所发元音的重复.Function： Assonance is one of the important phonetic rhetorical devices which is oft
9、en used to increase rhythm and expressiveness of a writing.Examples1. I kissed thee ere I killed thee. 在杀死你之前亲吻你。 i ee 发音都为i 2. Little strokes fall great oaks. 水滴石穿。3. Large factories in china wish to be given a freer hand in the right to hire and fire. ai大型工厂在中国希望得到自由的雇佣和解雇的权利。4. While the morality
10、 of our mission was clear, the legality was not. i虽然道德方面的任务我们已经清楚，法律方面的任务却还未知。 5. A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. i吃一堑，长一智。 6. No pains, no gains. ei 不劳无获 7. Man proposes , God disposes. puz谋事在人，成事在天. 8. A young idler, anold begger. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲. 9.The large black cat jumped onto the table.
11、ae一只大黑猫跳上了桌子。10.The glass hardly fell off the table when Jack grasped it. 玻璃杯刚掉下桌就被杰克一把抓住。11.Time and tide wait for no man. 时不我待。12.Sadness and gladness succeed each other. 快乐和悲哀总是交替的来。13.Well begun is half than done. 良好的开端是成功地一半。14. Haste makes waste. 欲速则不达。15.The light that lies in womens eyes. 情人眼里出西施。16. The squeaky wheel gets the grease. 爱哭的孩子有奶吃。17. The early bird catches the worm. 早起的鸟儿有虫吃。
