EAN: 9783898213899

THE LANGUAGE OF FOOTBALL - MAIKE KRONE KARTONIE...

German and English display  despite their genetic relatedness  a number of structural
differences  which have their sources in the historical development of the two languages. Yet
do all these differences fit with the frequently made claim that English is'less precise'than
German? The present study contributes to this discussion. It contains an empirical comparison
of the syntactic behaviour of verbs in a particular register: broadcast football commentary.
With the practical application of the valency model for the descriptive analysis  further
aspects of language are discussed  such as the notion of verb valency in connection with spoken
language  the relation between context-specific andgenerallanguage  motivations for language
production and differences between grammatical license and usage. This book shows that research
on authentic spontaneous speech is possible and important to complement comparative studies
based on written texts or grammatical intuition.

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