Wordplay and football : Humour in the discourse of written
sports reporting

C 2017

Wordplay and football : Humour in the discourse of written sports reporting

CHOVANEC, Jan

Basic information

Original name

Wordplay and football : Humour in the discourse of written sports reporting

Name in Czech

Slovní hříčky a fotbal : Humor a psaný diskurz sportovního zpravodajství

Authors

CHOVANEC, Jan (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

1. vyd. Berlin, Humorous Discourse, p. 131-154, 24 pp. Humor Research 11, 2017

Publisher

Mouton de Gruyter

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

60203 Linguistics

Country of publisher

Germany

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/17:00095723

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

ISBN

978-1-5015-0710-6

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781501507106-007

Keywords (in Czech)

humor; stylistika; slovní hříčka; fotbal; sportovní zpravodajství; multimodalita; titulky; britský tisk

Keywords in English

humour; stylistics; word play; football; soccer; sports reporting; multimodality; headlines; frontpage; British press

Abstract

V originále

The chapter is a case study describing the coverage of events involving the England football team in the British mainstream media. It provides a stylistic account of humorous phenomena identified in the media reports, with a focus on wordplay in headlines and the creative use of verbal and visual means on the frontpages of British daily newspapers. The chapter argues that while printed sports reporting does not constitute a genre of humour, the treatment of the subject matter often involves instances of verbal and multimodal play that makes the texts lively and entertaining.

Links

ROZV/20/FF/KAA/2015, interní kód MU

Name: Podpora internacionalizace publikační činnosti 2015 - Katedra anglistiky a amerikanistiky

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR

Citovat

CHOVANEC, Jan. Wordplay and football : Humour in the discourse of written sports reporting. In Chlopicki Wladyslaw and Dorota Brzozowska (eds.). Humorous Discourse. 1st ed. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 2017, p. 131-154. Humor Research 11. ISBN 978-1-5015-0710-6. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781501507106-007.

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CHOVANEC, Jan. Wordplay and football : Humour in the discourse of written sports reporting. In Chlopicki Wladyslaw and Dorota Brzozowska (eds.). \textit{Humorous Discourse}. 1st ed. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 2017, p.~131-154. Humor Research 11. ISBN~978-1-5015-0710-6. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781501507106-007.

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