Language of Newspaper Reporting in Stylistics .pdf

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1. LANGUAGE OF NEWSPAPER
REPORTING
Presented by
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2. Newspaper Reporting
"The Elements of Journalism" by Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel,
defines newspaper reporting as the gathering, verification, and
presentation of facts in a fair, accurate, and comprehensive
manner, with the primary aim of informing the public.
•To give the information about the current affairs of the world.
•To entertain the people.
Intro
Purpose

3. Types of News
•Combines Seriousness
and timeliness
•It also includes 5W'S
•Focus on politics,law,
economy, disaster etc.
•It is usually timeless.
•Story happens over a
longer time span but still
have importance.
•Focus on the communities
problems etc.
Soft NewsHard News

4. Structure of Newspaper
Reporting
•Headline•Headline•Headline
It includes four main sections which can be seen
in the form of inverted pyramid.
•Summarizing main points and grab readers attention
•Written in present tense.
•Should be short and snappy.
•Written in Third Person.
•Byline•Byline•Byline
Tell the reader who the article by,what their job is
and how to find more of their content.

5. •Lead•Lead•Lead
•Should be one paragraph long
•By reading it,audience should be understand what your article is about.
•Written in past tense.
•Written in 3rd person.
•Include Five W's and H
•Body•Body•Body
•Includes important information about 3-4paragraphs.
•Add some background information.
•Written in 3rd person.
•Tail•Tail•Tail
•Summing up the article
•Add link to find extra information.

6. Historical Development
Presentations are communication tools that can be
used as lectures, speeches, reports, demonstrations
and more.
•Before the appearance of of the printing press the word mouth was the primary source of
spreading news.
•The first newspaper in the world which was printed on Stone,it was Acta Diurna or daily
doing,59 BC(Roman)
•Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in 1440
•In 1609 Johann Carolus published in Germany the first weekly newspaper.Called Relation
aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien,
•The first English newspaper was published in 1665 in Oxford.

7. Features of Newspaper
Reporting
Lexical Features
1.Abbreviations
•large quantity in Eng Newspaper
•Used to represent a complete form
•Initials are pronounced as separate letters
•Save space on page
•Requires reader to stop a little to think in the original word
•Difference between Acronyms and Initialism

8. 2.Shortening of Words
•Cut down the length
•Aims to spare more space
•Different from Abbreviation
3.Midget Words
•Most Frequently in Headlines
•Work as space-saver and are flexible in meaning
EG:Word "Deal"
Meaning as Negotiation, Bargain, Transaction

9. 4.Compound Words
•Formed by two or more words
•Purpose is to provide more space
•Make structure of sentences simpler
5.Fuzzy words
•When cannot depict a situation precisely
•Avoid controversy over sensitive issue
Eg: A lot of, Many
6.Coinage
•Korea's Pentagon
•Reaganomics
•Keypal

10. Rhetorical and Phonological
Features
1.Metaphors
•Implicit Comparison
EG: Politics a dance of madness
Influence and persuade readers to follow
•Series of words begin with same consonant sound
•To attract readers

2.Alliteration

11. •Urgent news have quicker rhyme and shorter sentences
•To sound musical and Attract readers
•To catch attention
•Repeated to Provide Emotional emphasis
4.Repitition
3.Rhyme
(SUNDAY MIRROR)

12. Syntactical Features
1.Interrogative Sentences
•To direct the readers attention and encourage
further reading to find answers
•Widely used in headlines

13. 2.Inverted Sentence Structure
•Distinctive of this variety of English
•Allows headlines to convey the most important
details upfront
3.Noun Phrases
•Keystones of Newspaper headlines
•Enables journalist to compose all the needed
information into only a few words
•Helpful as number word of an article is limited

14. Different Register Variety
Chapter 3
Register Theory
•Field •Tenor •Mode
•Provide Information
•To enteratin,Persuade
•Journalist
•Publisher
•Reader
•Inverted Pyramid

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