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The form and function of word play in sports sections of British tabloids
2023. urn:nbn:hr:142:148654
Akmačić, Filip
Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English Language and Literature

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Akmačić, F. (2023). The form and function of word play in sports sections of British tabloids (Master's thesis). Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:148654

Akmačić, Filip. "The form and function of word play in sports sections of British tabloids." Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2023. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:148654

Akmačić, Filip. "The form and function of word play in sports sections of British tabloids." Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2023. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:148654

Akmačić, F. (2023). 'The form and function of word play in sports sections of British tabloids', Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 27 February 2025, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:148654

Akmačić F. The form and function of word play in sports sections of British tabloids [Master's thesis]. Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2023 [cited 2025 February 27] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:148654

F. Akmačić, "The form and function of word play in sports sections of British tabloids", Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osijek, 2023. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:148654

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TitleThe form and function of word play in sports sections of British tabloids
Title (croatian)Forma i funkcija igre riječima u sportskim rubrikama britanskih tabloida
AuthorFilip Akmačić
MentorGoran Milić (mentor)
Committee memberAna Werkmann (predsjednik povjerenstva)
Committee memberGoran Milić (član povjerenstva)
Committee memberAlma Vančura (član povjerenstva)
GranterJosip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of English Language and Literature)
Osijek
Defense date and country2023-09-29, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Anglistics
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
German Studies
Abstract
When talking about humorous language, the notion of wordplay often comes to mind. A broad definition would be the act of manipulating formal and semantic aspects of lexical units to create playful connections between the form and meaning of words. One such type of wordplay can be seen in the journalistic discourse, particularly in tabloid journalism. When reading those (sub)headlines, questions may arise; such as: how wordplay works in this particular discourse and how it influences or connect to the readers. What underlying mechanisms cause the utterance to be a play on words? This paper utilises headlines from sports sections of the digital editions of the tabloid The Sun and analyses them according to previous research and previous taxonomies together with news values all of which are used to identify the underlying punning mechanisms. In addition to what has already been researched, this paper proves that there are key tendencies used in arranging sports (sub)headlines. One major tendency is a playful and irreverent predisposition to the sportspersons, which are mainly the protagonists in question. Another tendency is to be as concise as possible by taking the names of sportspersons, events, venues etc. and creating a play on words with the punning mechanisms of homonymy and intertextuality.
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Languagecroatian
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:142:148654
Study programmeTitle: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Teacher Training, Translation and Interpreting Studies, Philology
Course: Teacher Training
Study programme type: university
Study level: graduate
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra edukacije engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra edukacije engleskog jezika i književnosti)
Study programmeTitle: German Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Teacher Training, Translation Studies
Course: Teacher Training
Study programme type: university
Study level: graduate
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra edukacije njemačkog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra edukacije njemačkog jezika i književnosti)
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