Newspaper language / Nicholas Bagnall.

By:

Bagnall, Nicholas, 1924-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Journalism media manual | Journalism media manualPublication details: Oxford : Focal, 1993.Description: vi,221p. ; 24cmISBN:

9780750603997 (pbk) :
0750603992

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

808.06607 BAG

Contents:

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

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Long Loan	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending	808.06607 BAG (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		107163

Includes index.

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.