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Publication details [#49202]
Jansen, Frank. 2008. Conciseness, an outsider's perspective and smooth intonation contour: A comparison of appositions in press releases and news stories based upon them. Pragmatics 18 (1) : 115–142. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
International Pragmatics Association
Journal DOI
10.1075/prag
Annotation
This paper presents a two-way corpus study of appositions in press releases and the news stories based on them. Revision data indicate that newspaper editors prefer concise sentences with smooth intonation contour and a neutral outsider’s view.