Introduction
How do the commentators at a football game draw the audiences attention throughout?
How do they manage to create such a gloss on a world class sporting event?
And how has football commentary changed between the years 1994 and 2010?
This English Language Investigation will look at all 3 of these questions and answer them by first looking and analysing transcripts of a certain period in World Cup finals since 1994. It will also look at the theories that explain how the language used and the tone used affects such a wide range of a target audience. This investigation is based on a passion of the 'beautiful game' and a dream of being a sports journalist one day. Also an interest in the theory of language and power has developed over time.
Profession football has been around over 150 years and has evolved with many platforms arising such as the recent financial polarisation but one of, if not, the biggest influential happenings since it's creation in 1863 is the media and especially television media, there are now over one hundred Premier League matches live on tv every season. One of the biggest sporting events that happens ever four years is the World Cup, this is where these best nations compete for a much coveted trophy and the bragging rights to say you're the best. Now the British television media such as BBC and ITV has shown great interest in it over the past twenty years especially in the final of these competitions even though none of the home nations are participating in it.
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