Changing Genre Conventions in Historical English News Discourse
( Advances in Historical Sociolinguistics )
Publication series ： Advances in Historical Sociolinguistics
Author： Birte Bös Lucia Kornexl
Publisher： John Benjamins Publishing Company
Publication year： 2015
E-ISBN: 9789027268563
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789027200846
Subject： H0 Linguistics
Language： ENG
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Description
This volume explores the dynamics of genre conventions in historical English news discourse. The contributions cover a wide spectrum of news writing and publication formats: from corantos to modern tabloids, from prototypical hard news stories and crime reports to more specialised genres such as medical and scientific news, advertisements, death notices and spoof news. Investigating linguistic, pragmatic and social factors, the authors trace the triggers, mechanisms and agents of change that have shaped genre conventions in historical news discourse from the 17th century to the present day.