A Comparison of the Syntax of Football Match Reports in British Newspapers


Diploma Thesis, 2012

55 Pages, Grade: 2


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Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures

1 Introduction

2 Field of Research
2.1 Current State of Scientific Research
2.2 Outline of Newspapers Used in the Study
2.2.1 Tabloids
2.2.2 Mid-Market Tabloids
2.2.3 Broadsheets
2.2.4 Circulation
2.3 Readership Profiles

3 The Language of Sports in the Media
3.1 The Language of Newspapers
3.2 The Term “Language of Sports”
3.3 The Football Match Report

4 Analysis and Database
4.1 Methodology
4.1.1 Corpus Linguistics
4.1.2 Corpus Compilation
4.2 Sentences
4.2.1 Sentence Length
4.2.2 Sentence Fragments
4.2.3 Complexity of Sentences
4.3 Use of Active / Passive Voice
4.4 Type / Token Ratio
4.5 The Use of That…
4.5.1 That- Complement Clauses
4.5.2 Post Modifiers – That as a Relative Pronoun
4.5.3 Demonstrative Determiners
4.5.4 Demonstrative Pronouns
4.5.5 Distribution of That – Result
4.5.5.1 Distribution of That in Relation to Absolute Number
of That in Each Newspaper
4.5.5.2 Distribution of That in Relation to the Sub-Corpus
4.5.5.3 The Distribution of That – A Comparison of Broadsheets and Tabloids

5 Conclusion

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Title
A Comparison of the Syntax of Football Match Reports in British Newspapers
College
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
Course
English Language and Literature Studies
Grade
2
Author
Year
2012
Pages
55
Catalog Number
V264339
ISBN (eBook)
9783656539179
ISBN (Book)
9783656541493
File size
711 KB
Language
English
Keywords
Englisch, football, linguistics, Sprachwissenschaft, Fußball, medien, media, newspaper, tabloids, press, presse, syntax, words, wörter, match, report, language, sports, broadsheets, corpus linguistics, sentence length, circulation, readership, type/token ratio, sentence fragments, satzlänge, sport, satzbau, leserschaft, auflage, linguistik, Zeitung, zeitungen, corpora, sprache, satz, sätze, sentence types, sportsprache
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Florian Schweitzer (Author), 2012, A Comparison of the Syntax of Football Match Reports in British Newspapers, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/264339

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