"Crash blossoms". Syntactic ambiguity in headlines. Shared cultural knowledge in headlines.

17 Outubro 2016, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

The week in review: A student's oral presentation. Reading and discussion of the article "Crash blossoms" by Ben Zimmer (The New York Times Magazine). Identifying and explaining the cause of ambiguity in headlines. Shared cultural/general knowledge between the headline writer and the reader: identifying the original phrase/sentences on which headlines are based (to be continued on Wednesday). HOMEWORK: Read the article "Why address your letter to a Sir? We have a female editor now" (sent by email).