Implicit connections?

[Moshen]

I'm having trouble understanding the structure of this sentence, which is a headline from Chairman's Bao:

 

茶叶大国咖啡文化崛起

 

I don't see any indicators of what the relationship is between 茶叶大国 and 咖啡文化.  In my mind there should have been some kind of preposition before 茶叶大国.  Is that just understood? 

 

Is this a compressed form typical for headlines, or might we see this sentence in an ordinary prose context also?

[Lu]

There could be a 在 in front of 茶叶大国, or a 有 after it, that would make it easier to parse. But the practiced reader doesn't need it, and as a headline it's a little more elegant without it. I think this is headlinese, and you wouldn't see it in regular text, but I'm sure there are exceptions.

[madizi]

Agree. Coffee culture abruptly arose [in] superpower of tea-leaves. Or something similar...

 

 

[anonymoose]

On 5/21/2021 at 3:20 PM, Moshen said:

Is this a compressed form typical for headlines, or might we see this sentence in an ordinary prose context also?

 

As a non-native speaker, I feel this kind of sentence could appear in ordinary prose, of course with appropriate 上下文.

 

They way I read it, this is a typical topic-comment phrase. 茶叶大国 is the topic, and 咖啡文化崛起 is the comment.

[imron]

On 5/21/2021 at 4:05 PM, madizi said:

Coffee culture abruptly arose [in] superpower of tea-leaves. Or something similar...

 

The Rise of Coffee Culture in the Kingdom of Tea

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13 hours ago, imron said:

The Rise of Coffee Culture in the Kingdom of Tea

 

It's interesting to watch that happening in Yunnan today. Some prime tea-growing land is being repurposed to coffee because it pays better, especially at high elevations. 

 

http://factsanddetails.com/world/cat54/sub347/item1567.html 

[Giuseppe Romanazzi]

茶叶大国咖啡文化崛起的意思就是茶叶大国的咖啡文化的崛起。

English:

The meaning of 茶叶大国咖啡文化崛起 is:

茶叶大国的咖啡文化的崛起。

Please note the two added 的.