Headlines and deadlines: changing newspaper language
- Autores: Jean Aitchison
- Localización: Atti del XII Congresso Internazionale di Lessicografia: Torino, 6-9 settembre 2006 / Elisa Corino (ed. lit.), Carla Marello (ed. lit.), Cristina Onesti (ed. lit.), Vol. 1, 2006, ISBN 88-7694-918-6, págs. 3-18
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Highly skilled and concise, newspaper writing can be considered quite as interesting as literature, continuing a long-standing tradition of story-telling. After a brief historical introduction about the press, the notion of 'newsworthiness' will be considered. Some of the narrative and linguistic patterns found in news reports are described, showing how they have changed over the years. Above all headlines are looked at, showing how they attract attention,how over the decades they have developed a conventional style of their own. Finally, since newspapers, especially headlines, are like advertising language, trying to grab people's attention, it will briefly considered to what extent newspaper language is like, or unlike, advertising language.
