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This book charts the connections between the language of journalism in England and its social impact on audiences and social and political debates from the first emergence of periodical publications in the seventeeth century to the present day. It extends work done on the language of the media to include an historical perspective, adding to wider contemporary debates about the social impact of the media.
It draws upon the field of historical pragmatics, while retaining a concentration on the development of a particular form of media language, the newspaper, and its role in refracting and contributing to social developments. Dialogue is created between sociolinguistics and journalism studies. It is ideally suited to advanced students in these areas and in linguistics and media studies in general.
It draws upon the field of historical pragmatics, while retaining a concentration on the development of a particular form of media language, the newspaper, and its role in refracting and contributing to social developments. Dialogue is created between sociolinguistics and journalism studies. It is ideally suited to advanced students in these areas and in linguistics and media studies in general.
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Social Nature of Newspaper Language
1. Society Writes Back
2. Putting on a Style
3. Radical Rhetoric
4. Shaping The Social Market
5. A Message From America: A Commercial Vernacular
6. Tabloid Talk: Twentieth Century Template
6. Tabloid Talk: Twentieth Century Template
7. Technology and the Restructuring of a Public Idiom
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Index
Index
Product details
| Published | 18 Feb 2010 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 192 |
| ISBN | 9781441126061 |
| Imprint | Continuum |
| Series | Advances in Sociolinguistics |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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