... expressions, repetition and lexical chains, substitutions, ellipsis, conjunction Linking can happen within paragraphs and across paragraphs Actually, linking ideas across paragraphs is mainly achieved ... learning English as well as using English in journalism 1.3 SCOPE OF THE STUDY This study concentrates on the investigation of some linguistic features of news items on bird flu in English electronic ... widespread public and global attention According to the The World Health Organisation (WHO), bird flu, aslo known as avian influenza or avian flu or bird influenza, is an infectious disease of birds...