A functional analysis of journalistic prose in English: newspaper articles
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2017-06-29
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Jaén: Universidad de Jaén
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En este proyecto se analizan dos artículos de prensa de distintos periódicos desde la perspectiva Sistémico Funcional de Halliday. El análisis se centra en las estrategias lingüísticas que se usan en estos artículos para dar a conocer la misma noticia y muestra los rasgos lingüísticos de ambos atendiendo a las características propias de la prosa periodística y también mediante la aplicación de algunos conceptos funcionales. Se comparan y analizan las diferencias entre ambos. Los artículos objeto de estudio pertenecen el primero a la prensa formal y el segundo a la prensa amarilla o sensacionalista.
Along this paper, two articles from different newspapers will be analyzed from Halliday's Systemic Functional perspective. The analysis is centered on the linguistic strategies which are used in both articles in order to deal with the same piece of news and uncovers their language fe;:itures in terms of the characteristics of journalistic prose and also by applying sorne key functional concepts. The differences between both are compared and analyzed. One of the articles is taken from a daily broadsheet newspaper and the other from a tabloid newspaper which belongs to yellow journalism.
Along this paper, two articles from different newspapers will be analyzed from Halliday's Systemic Functional perspective. The analysis is centered on the linguistic strategies which are used in both articles in order to deal with the same piece of news and uncovers their language fe;:itures in terms of the characteristics of journalistic prose and also by applying sorne key functional concepts. The differences between both are compared and analyzed. One of the articles is taken from a daily broadsheet newspaper and the other from a tabloid newspaper which belongs to yellow journalism.