Sumários
Superinjunctions
19 Março 2018, 12:00 • David Alan Prescott
First class on attempts to gag the press. The use of so-called "superinjunctions" from a text in the anthology.
The New Language of TV News
14 Março 2018, 12:00 • David Alan Prescott
Class on how the language used on TV news programmes rapidly influences language used around the globe in English, while at the same time a large amount of the language used is merely understood and "received" by viewers without them ever considering using it actively in daily life. Explanation of how the structure of headlines in newspapers may have been responsible for the increasing use of the so-called "cumulative" or "noun-as-adjective" form of the possessive in English usage.
The Media and Crimefighting
12 Março 2018, 12:00 • David Alan Prescott
Demonstration of how television and the newspapers are particularly active in the UK in investigating crimes, catching and denouncing criminals, and cooperating with the police. Whenever an injustice is felt many people will turn to the press as their "natural" source of defence.
British Press and Class
7 Março 2018, 12:00 • David Alan Prescott
Analysis of articles from Tatler magazine and The Daily Telegraph in order to show how linguistic snobbery is encouraged if not increased by articles in newspapers which clearly distinguish between lower, middle and upper classes due to the vocabulary that one uses. Focus particularly on the use of one single word which is considered to be the main socio-linguistic measurement of one's class: toilet.
Lesson on the British Press
5 Março 2018, 12:00 • David Alan Prescott
Lesson on the characteristics of the British newspapers. Quality press and popular press. Demonstration of how they use different forms of language and are written for different groups of people.