Linguistic Peculiarities of Online Sports Commentary
Abstract
Alexey A. Chukhno (Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation)
This article is devoted to the study of linguistic features of online sports commentary. It gives a brief description of online sports commentary and focuses on the most common lexical and grammatical peculiarities found through analysis of several online commentaries of football matches published on two most viewed and popular foreign websites.
Key words: online sport commentary, lexical and grammatical peculiarities, text translation, internet-communication.
References
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Crystal D. Language and the Internet. Cambridge University Press, 2001, p. 44.
Lewandowski Marcin. «The Language of Soccer – A Sociolect or a Register?» // Język, Komunikacja, Informacja, 2008, no. 3, p. 21-32.
www.eurosport.com
www.espn.com
References
Chowanek J. Enacting and Imaginary Community: Infotaiment in Online Minu te-by-Minute Sports Commentaries Lavric et al 2008, p. 255.
Crystal D. Language and the Internet. Cambridge University Press, 2001, p.44.
Lewandowski Marcin. «The Language of Soccer – A Sociolect or a Register?» Język, Komunikacja, Informacja, 2008. no. 3, p. 21–32.
www.eurosport.com
www.espn.com
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