Publication details
Competitive Verbal Interaction in Online Minute-by-Minute Match Reports
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| Year of publication | 2007 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Brno Studies in English |
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| Field | Linguistics |
| Keywords | dialogicality; intertextuality; sports reporting; media discourse; discourse analysis; live blogging; blogs |
| Description | The article analyses competitive verbal interaction between commentators and readers/other commentators in online minute-by-minute match reports. The text of MBMs frequently quotes other voices, which are conventionally reacted to by the commentator. The dialogism has a competitive nature, with the commentator striving to top the readers through humour or criticism. Such interpersonal gossip is linked with the non-serious elements of male discourse, and is explained as a strategy of synthetic personalisation. |
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