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Peer reviewedFerguson, Charles A. – Language in Society, 1983
The language of sportscasting is analyzed in terms of register variation, first by locating the register by successive approximations to a characterization of occasions of use, then by identifying syntactic characteristics: simplification, inversions, heavy modifiers, result expressions, and routines. Sports announcer talk is described as a…
Descriptors: Athletics, Intonation, Japanese, Language Rhythm
