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News in space and time
Abstract
This paper deals with the question how early newspapers deal with the encoding of place and time information. The influence of genres relevant to early news, i.e. letters and chronicles, is taken into account as well as later developments within news writing. Deictic items frequent in early news show the potential influence of letter writing, while deixis in later times may depend on changes in publication rhythm. Time information shows a fairly high degree of imprecision, while place information is more precise but lacking in explanatory detail, similar to chronicle styles. For both time and place information, readers generally needed to be knowledgeable and work out references for themselves.
Abstract
This paper deals with the question how early newspapers deal with the encoding of place and time information. The influence of genres relevant to early news, i.e. letters and chronicles, is taken into account as well as later developments within news writing. Deictic items frequent in early news show the potential influence of letter writing, while deixis in later times may depend on changes in publication rhythm. Time information shows a fairly high degree of imprecision, while place information is more precise but lacking in explanatory detail, similar to chronicle styles. For both time and place information, readers generally needed to be knowledgeable and work out references for themselves.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- Introduction ix
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The formation of public news discourse and metadiscursive terminology
- “We have in some former bookes told you” 3
- Conceptualisations, sources and agents of news 23
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Changing modes of reference and shifts in audience orientation
- News in space and time 55
- Changing genre conventions and socio-cultural change 81
- Late Modern English death notices 103
- Medical news in England 1665–1800 in journals for professional and lay audiences 135
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Transgressing boundaries and shifting styles
- Comparing discourse construction in 17th-century news genres 163
- Speech-like syntax in written texts 191
- Playing upon news genre conventions 223
- Index 251
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- Introduction ix
-
The formation of public news discourse and metadiscursive terminology
- “We have in some former bookes told you” 3
- Conceptualisations, sources and agents of news 23
-
Changing modes of reference and shifts in audience orientation
- News in space and time 55
- Changing genre conventions and socio-cultural change 81
- Late Modern English death notices 103
- Medical news in England 1665–1800 in journals for professional and lay audiences 135
-
Transgressing boundaries and shifting styles
- Comparing discourse construction in 17th-century news genres 163
- Speech-like syntax in written texts 191
- Playing upon news genre conventions 223
- Index 251
