News across Five Continents - Newspaper Language in the Context of Regional and Functional Variation - Jennifer Fest
1. Regional and Functional Variation
News across Five Continents - Newspaper Language in the Context of Regional and Functional Variation - Jennifer Fest
Jennifer Fest [+]
RWTH Aachen University
Jennifer Fest graduated in linguistics from RWTH Aachen University.
Description
Chapter 1 introduces the questions this book will tackle and the motivation behind it, as well as the approaches suggested to find answers. It also briefly outlines the combination of functional and regional perspectives on language variation and connects it to the area of news writing.