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The cut throat world of the media places ever greater§emphasis on headlines in order to attract customers.§This study examines the changes that have taken place§over a period of twenty years (1979-1999) in order to§reveal the linguistic means and content strategies§through which the textual and cognitive functions of§Russian and Czech headlines have been realised. §§Different strategies have been identified and§considerable changes have been found in the headline§infrastructure (changes in topic-naming and§summarising headlines, grammatical structure and word§count) and in the headline style (use of rhetorical§figures, intertextuality, language formality etc.).§Content strategies have also changed§(personalisation, presence of women, human interest§stories etc.). §§The language and content changes are rather extensive§between 1989 and 1999 compared to the earlier years§leading to the conclusion that at a time of major§political upheavals language change occurs more§swiftly. A broad review of literature includes works§in Russian, Czech and English.

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Book category Books in English Language linguistics

• Full title: Shifts in Media Discourse
• Subtitle: A Diachronic Study of Russian and Czech Headlines
• Author: Jarmila Hickman
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 360
• EAN: 9783639139716
• ISBN: 3639139712
• ID: 06822612
• Publisher: VDM Verlag
• Weight: 526 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 16. April 2009

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