Chapter published in:
The Discourse of Online Sportscasting: Constructing meaning and interaction in live text commentaryJan Chovanec
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 297] 2018
► pp. 141–162
Chapter 7From pre-match to post-match commentary
Article outline
- 7.1Parts of commentary: a general overview
- 7.2The pre-match commentary: Laying the ground
- Live temporal orientation
- Retrospective temporal orientation
- Prospective temporal orientation
- 7.3The match (play-by-play) commentary: Describing the real thing
- Opening the match commentary
- 7.4The post-match commentary: Summarizing and trailing off
- The limited extent of post-match commentary
- Terminating the commentary
- Shifting temporal deixis in and around boundary points
- The boundary post and temporal transitioning
- 7.5Concluding remarks
