Syntactic Complexity in Danish Radio News

Syntactic Complexity in Danish Radio News

The present article documents a diachronic decline in syntactic complexity in manuscript-based radio news on the primary Danish public service channel, DR, from 1946 to 2006. This decline corresponds to a general shift in radio news language from a traditional formal news style to a modern news styl...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nordicom review 2011-06, Vol.32 (1), p.93-109
1. Verfasser: Blom, Jonas Nygaard
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Broadcasting
cognition
comprehension
Denmark
discourse
Journalism
Language use
Longitudinal studies
News
public service
Radio
radio news
Syntax
Verbal communication
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Zusammenfassung:The present article documents a diachronic decline in syntactic complexity in manuscript-based radio news on the primary Danish public service channel, DR, from 1946 to 2006. This decline corresponds to a general shift in radio news language from a traditional formal news style to a modern news style based on the principles of natural spoken language. It is, however, hard to assess whether the syntactic changes have had an effect on how easy or difficult it is to understand what is being said on DR – a topic that has been frequently and fervently debated in the Danish press.
ISSN:2001-5119
1403-1108
2001-5119
DOI:10.1515/nor-2017-0107