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Publication details [#32210]

Bowcher, Wendy L. 2003. Speaker contributions in radio sports commentary. Text 23 (4) : 545–476.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

radio | speaker | sports language

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

ISBN

0165-4888

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.de/journals/order/en.start.html

Annotation

This article investigates the proportions of main commentator contribution, speaker contributions and turn-taking patterns in one type of radio sports commentating, namely the commentary on an Australian rugby league match, held in the summer of 1996.