The Language of Newspapers: Socio-Historical Perspectives / Edition 1

by Martin Conboy, Tommaso M. Milani

Overview

This book charts the connections between the language of jourbanalism 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 jourbanalism studies. It is ideally suited to advanced students in these areas and in linguistics and media studies in general.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781847061805
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/22/2010
Series:	Advances in Sociolinguistics
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Tommaso M. Milani is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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 Vernacular6. Tabloid Talk: Twentieth Century Template
7. Technology and the Restructuring of a Public Idiom
BibliographyIndex

Editorial Reviews

"Conboy provides a fresh and lively account of the emergence of early English newspapers and their development through the centuries. In this important new book, he unravels the fascinating story of how newspapers helped to shape and were shaped by social, political and historical events."
-Andreas H. Jucker, Professor of English linguistics, University of Zurich, Switzerland

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