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@article{750739, author = {Chovanec, Jan}, article_number = {3}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1750481308091908}, keywords = {foregrounding; headlines; infotainment; media discourse; multimodality; poetic function; Euro 2004; homonymy; alliteration}, language = {eng}, issn = {1750-4813}, journal = {Discourse & Communication}, title = {Focus on Form: Foregrounding Devices in Football Reporting}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1750481308091908}, volume = {2}, year = {2008} }
TY - JOUR ID - 750739 AU - Chovanec, Jan PY - 2008 TI - Focus on Form: Foregrounding Devices in Football Reporting JF - Discourse & Communication VL - 2 IS - 3 SP - 219-242 EP - 219-242 PB - SAGE Publications SN - 17504813 KW - foregrounding KW - headlines KW - infotainment KW - media discourse KW - multimodality KW - poetic function KW - Euro 2004 KW - homonymy KW - alliteration UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1750481308091908 L2 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1750481308091908 N2 - This article documents some foregrounding devices that the media use to attract readers' attention to linguistic forms, all identified in sports reports relating to the Euro 2004 Football Championship published in various British newspapers. A functional explanation is offered in terms of the poetic and interactive character of such devices and their role in simulating friendship and encouraging `bonding' between the writers and readers (phaticity). Their omnipresence in the British media is linked with structural characteristics of the English language, the readiness of the British to tolerate manipulation of linguistic forms, and the general trend towards `infotainment' in the media. ER -
CHOVANEC, Jan. Focus on Form: Foregrounding Devices in Football Reporting. \textit{Discourse \&{} Communication}. SAGE Publications, 2008, vol.~2, No~3, p.~219-242. ISSN~1750-4813. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1750481308091908.
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