Bagnall, Nicholas,  1924- <br/><br/>
Newspaper language / 
Nicholas Bagnall. 
 - Oxford :  Focal,  1993. 
 - vi,221p. ;  24cm. 
 - Journalism media manual .
 - Journalism media manual .
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>1. What is newspaper English? 2. Journalism and journalese. 3. Writing for the tabloids. 4. Ways to start a story. 5. Sequence and structure. 6. Some storytelling techniques. 7. Bad habits. 8. The personal touch: questions of style. 9. Punctuation. 10. 'Quotes' 11. Grammar.  12. Beware of statistics 
<br/><br/> Proceeds logically from the elements of language to the idea of language as a transaction between writer and reader, then to a detailed examination of the structure of sentences and practical advice about how to organize a story, with a number of examples to illustrate each point. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780750603997 (pbk) :  £14.95 0750603992 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>93184850 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Journalism--Authorship<br/>Journalism--Editing<br/>Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics<br/>Writing & editing guides<br/>News media & journalism
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Serials  Composition (Arts) 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>808.06607 BAG