Sumários
Syntactic ambiguity in headlines. "Crash blossoms". Shared knowledge in headlines.
25 Fevereiro 2019, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
Syntactic ambiguity in headlines: analysing examples of crash blossoms. Shared knowledge in headlines: discussing examples of headlines that are related to specific cultural references.
The Press and Crime
21 Fevereiro 2019, 12:00 • David Alan Prescott
Analysis of texts showing how the Britsh press plays an active role in fighting crime and injustice. (This includes Lesson # 24, to compensate for the previous absence).
Headlines. "Crash blossoms".
20 Fevereiro 2019, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
Headlines: deducing the language features of headlines (syntax, commonly used short words, and other headlinese rules. Reading and discussion of TEXT 6 - "Crash blossoms". Syntactic ambiguity in headlines: analysing examples of garden-path sentences or crash blossoms. HOMEWORK: If you were absent from class do the exercise on pages 21-22.
Focus on vocabulary. "Heads you win" by Ian Mayes (The Guardian).
18 Fevereiro 2019, 08:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
Vocabulary expansion exercise based on words/expressions from Reading Matters TEXTs 1-4. Taking a look at headlines from British national papers front pages. Reading and analysis of the article "Heads you win" by Ian Mayes (The Guardian). Deducing the language features of headlinese. HOMEWORK: pages 18-19.