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The Linguistics of Newswriting focuses on text production in journalistic media as both a socially relevant field of language use and as a strategic field of applied linguistics. The book discusses and paves the way for scientific projects in the emerging field of linguistics of newswriting. From empirical micro and theoretical macro perspectives, strategies and practices of research development and knowledge transformation are discussed. Thus, the book is addressed to researchers, teachers and coaches interested in the linguistics of professional writing in general and newswriting in particular. Together with the training materials provided on the internet www.news-writing.net, the book will also be useful to anyone who wants to become a more “discerning consumer" (Perry, 2005) or a more reflective producer of language in the media.
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The Linguistics of Newswriting
AILA Applied Linguistics Series (AALS) The AILA Applied Linguistics Series (AALS) provides a forum for established scholars in any area of Applied Linguistics. The series aims at representing the field in its diversity. It covers different topics in applied linguistics from a multidisciplinary approach and it aims at including different theoretical and methodological perspectives. As an official publication of AILA the series will include contributors from different geographical and linguistic backgrounds. The volumes in the series should be of high quality; they should break new ground and stimulate further research in Applied Linguistics. For an overview of all books published in this series, please see http://benjamins.com/catalog/aals
Editor Rosa M. Manchón University of Murcia
Editorial Board Anne Burns
Folkert Kuiken
Hannele Dufva
Susanne Niemeier
Aston University & University of South Wales University of Jyväskylä
Susan M. Gass
Michigan State University
Volume 11 The Linguistics of Newswriting by Daniel Perrin
University of Amsterdam University of Koblenz-Landau
The Linguistics of Newswriting Daniel Perrin Zurich University of Applied Sciences
John Benjamins Publishing Company Amsterdam / Philadelphia
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Perrin, Daniel, 1961The linguistics of newswriting / Daniel Perrin. p. cm. (AILA Applied Linguistics Series, issn 1875-1113 ; v. 11) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Mass media and language. 2. Newspapers--Language. 3. Broadcast journalism-Language. 4. Discourse analysis--Social aspects. I. Title. P96.L34P47 2013 302.2301’41--dc23 2013024414 isbn 978 90 272 0527 8 (Hb ; alk. paper) isbn 978 90 272 7138 9 (Eb)
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Acknowledgements First of all, my sincere appreciation is due to all the journalists who have contributed their valuable time to our research projects. Even more time and resources came from my family: my wife and mental coach, Christine Albrecht Perrin, and our children, Joël and Noé, who had to share their daddy with a laptop for years, but supported the project with love. Love – and competence – is what it takes to do research. Neither the research projects nor the publication would have been feasible without the substantial help from Maureen Ehrens