The (un)conventional use of the simple past tense in news headlines

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The (un)conventional use of the simple past tense in news headlines

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The paper discusses the usage of tenses in news headlines, with a focus on the functions of the simple past tense. It notes the unmarked use of the present tense to conventionally refer to past events and outlines the possible reasons for its use. The marked occurrence of the simple past tense in headlines is identified as (1) the expression of non-recency of a reported event, (2) the backgrounding of a circumstantial event, (3) the marker of an accessed voice, and (4) the effect of the intertextualityof related articles. The past tense in headlines is interpreted as an effort on the part of the writers to redefine the convention-bound headlines into a more reader-oriented style.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The (un)conventional use of the simple past tense in news headlines

Popis výsledku anglicky

The paper discusses the usage of tenses in news headlines, with a focus on the functions of the simple past tense. It notes the unmarked use of the present tense to conventionally refer to past events and outlines the possible reasons for its use. The marked occurrence of the simple past tense in headlines is identified as (1) the expression of non-recency of a reported event, (2) the backgrounding of a circumstantial event, (3) the marker of an accessed voice, and (4) the effect of the intertextualityof related articles. The past tense in headlines is interpreted as an effort on the part of the writers to redefine the convention-bound headlines into a more reader-oriented style.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

AI - Jazykověda

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

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Návaznosti

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Rok uplatnění

2005

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Patterns. A Festschrift for Libuše Dušková

ISBN

80-7308-108-3

Počet stran výsledku

11

Strana od-do

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Počet stran knihy

305

Název nakladatele

Charles University in Prague

Místo vydání

Praha

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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