Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics
Term for languages used specifically by journalists in newspapers or in news broadcasts. Journalistic language is not a uniform variety in the sense of a linguistic subsystem; rather, its features are conditioned by the structure of mass communication and depend individually on the intended audience (sensational newspapers, political magazines), frequency of publication (daily, weekly), circulation (regional, national, international), covered topics (sports, business), types of texts (commentaries, weather reports), among other factors. Journalistic language has long been part of text-critical studies owing to its distinct stylistic features such as nominalization and the creation of neologisms. Today, journalistic language is seen as an important factor in language change, since it is often responsible for the introduction, maintenance, and changing of linguistic norms (such as the spread of neologisms and jargon). (
also sublanguage)
References
Bell, A. 1991. The language of news media. Oxford.
Hicks, W. 1993.
English for journalists. London.
Lüger, H.-H. 1983. Pressesprache. Tübingen. Simon-Vandenbergen, A.M. (ed.) 1986. Aspects of style in British newspapers. Ghent.
Wandruszka, U. 1994. Zur Semiotik der Schlagzeile: Der Kommunikationsakt ‘Meldung’. In A.Sabban and C.Schmitt (eds), Der sprachliche Alltag. Festschrift für Wolf-Dieter Stempel. Tübingen.
advertising language, mass communication, stylistics
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