| This thesis is an analysis of the role of cognitive contexts in the comprehension of the English newspapers, by examining news production process and news comprehension process.The aim of this paper is to try to find effective ways for teachers to help students enhance their English newspaper reading abilities.In this paper, some relevant theories and ideas are introduced, which mainly include the theories of Van Dijk on the framework for processing news discourse and on news production and news comprehension, the theories of F. Ungerer and H. J. Schmid on cognitive linguistics, the theories of David W. Carroll on psychology of language, the ideas of Dan Sperber and Deirdre Wilson on contexts and cognition, and the idea proposed in Communication Between Cultures by Larry A. Samovar, Richard E. Porter and Lisa A. Stefani that cultural gap may cause the difference in one's cognitive contexts.
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