"Play ball!" : A Study of Speech Variations and Characteristics of UK Sports Commentary
This study uncovers how and to what extent UK sports commentaries vary in terms of speech variations and other sociolinguistic factors, such as social class and gender, in relation to the social status with which different sports are associated. It also analyses how the use of jargon, slang, colloqu...
Main Author: | Bergström, Liisa |
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Format: | Others |
Language: | English |
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Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle
2020
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Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-43153 |
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