Introduction 4

I Theoretical concepts on publicistic discourse and headline and titles function in it 7
1.1 Basic notions and their definition 7
1.2 Publicistic discourse and headlines and titles review of works 16
Summary of the theoretical part 33

II Analyses of modern publicistic discourse 34
2.1 Headlines and titles in modern British newspapers and journals 34
2.2 Headlines and titles in modern American newspapers and journals 45
Summary of the analytical part 55

Conclusion 56

Bibliography 59