Referring to both texts in detail, discuss how language changes.
One Touch Of Nature
G- news article
R- formal
A- older, well educated people.
M- written
P- to inform
S- the Titanic
Time period written in - 1912.
The Sun Says: "Black Hole"
G- news article
R- formal/slightly informal
A- readers of the sun, adults, not necessarily well educated
M- written
P- inform
S- the Channel Tunnel fire.
Time period written in - 1996
The Sun - 19 years old
One Touch of Nature - 103 years old.
Period of difference - 84 years.
Over time we can see that authors choice of words have changed drastically, and many have become archaic. In the article "One Touch of Nature", we see the author has used words like "Nothingness" and "Gauntless", which are much more formal in comparison to the lexis used in "Black Hole". The article from The Sun, being the most recent (written 19 years ago), uses much more up to date and high frequency lexis, which is arguably much more accessible to the every day reader. The lexis used in One Touch of Nature is so formal because its target audience is better educated, and therefore it is more suited and expected of them to have very sophisticated words, whereas The Sun Says is much more of a "quick read", which requires language which can be easily understood to suit a wider, less educated and lower class target audience. The article One Touch of Nature also uses conjunctions which are archaic like "thereon". Lexis like "inauguration" that are found in this article are much more low frequency and polysyllabic, as they are mostly used only once in the article, whereas The Sun Says will commonly repeat lexis and conjunctions like "and".
Out of the two articles, it is clear that the One Touch Of Nature article uses many more compound and complex sentences, in comparison with The Sun Says, which favours minor and simple. Minor and simple sentences have become much more popular in currents time periods, as they are a quick and easy way to provide the reader with the information that you want them to read, as well as quick and easy for the reader to obtain. The Sun Says uses graphological features like the use of italics when writing quite a controversial or sarcastic sentence, for example "that's clearly not true". It also uses a very split paragraph, almost bullet pointed layout when it repeatedly asks the rhetorical questions "WHY", which makes the questions very easy to look over as the layout is so simplistic and separated, with only one interrogative sentence making a paragraph. The interrogative "WHY" is also typed in bold, making them stand out simply for emphasis.
One Touch of Nature has a much more fictional style, which doesn't actually fully suit its purpose of a news article. The article contains lots of metaphoric language, referring to the
Titanic as a "sea home" and a "palace". It can also be argued that this is a small example of hyperbole, where the author has really exaggerated how grand and fantastic the Titanic really is. Only the last line, "The Titanic has met and iceberg on here maiden voyage over seas" is extremely informative and fits the articles main purpose. The article also begins written in the past tense about how the Titanic was made (can be argued that this is informative, but it isn't stereo-typically written in the way a news article would be expected), and then changes in the last paragraph, and specifically the last sentence, to writing in the present tense. The Sun Says uses a present tense throughout, which helps suit its purpose of informing, as it feels as though the article is writing as it happens (or very shortly afterwards).
Both articles use a field of specific lexis that suit the subjects they are writing about. Talking about the fire in the Channel Tunnel in a negative way, The Sun Says uses lexis with negative connotations like "fear, fire blazing, toxic and disaster". Whilst One Touch of Nature uses lots of "boat" jargon, that tries to have a very positive connotation, despite the Titanic sinking being seen as a very unfortunate event. We see the article use lexis such as "voyage, floating, iceberg, seas".
One Touch Of Nature
G- news article
R- formal
A- older, well educated people.
M- written
P- to inform
S- the Titanic
Time period written in - 1912.
The Sun Says: "Black Hole"
G- news article
R- formal/slightly informal
A- readers of the sun, adults, not necessarily well educated
M- written
P- inform
S- the Channel Tunnel fire.
Time period written in - 1996
The Sun - 19 years old
One Touch of Nature - 103 years old.
Period of difference - 84 years.
Over time we can see that authors choice of words have changed drastically, and many have become archaic. In the article "One Touch of Nature", we see the author has used words like "Nothingness" and "Gauntless", which are much more formal in comparison to the lexis used in "Black Hole". The article from The Sun, being the most recent (written 19 years ago), uses much more up to date and high frequency lexis, which is arguably much more accessible to the every day reader. The lexis used in One Touch of Nature is so formal because its target audience is better educated, and therefore it is more suited and expected of them to have very sophisticated words, whereas The Sun Says is much more of a "quick read", which requires language which can be easily understood to suit a wider, less educated and lower class target audience. The article One Touch of Nature also uses conjunctions which are archaic like "thereon". Lexis like "inauguration" that are found in this article are much more low frequency and polysyllabic, as they are mostly used only once in the article, whereas The Sun Says will commonly repeat lexis and conjunctions like "and".
Out of the two articles, it is clear that the One Touch Of Nature article uses many more compound and complex sentences, in comparison with The Sun Says, which favours minor and simple. Minor and simple sentences have become much more popular in currents time periods, as they are a quick and easy way to provide the reader with the information that you want them to read, as well as quick and easy for the reader to obtain. The Sun Says uses graphological features like the use of italics when writing quite a controversial or sarcastic sentence, for example "that's clearly not true". It also uses a very split paragraph, almost bullet pointed layout when it repeatedly asks the rhetorical questions "WHY", which makes the questions very easy to look over as the layout is so simplistic and separated, with only one interrogative sentence making a paragraph. The interrogative "WHY" is also typed in bold, making them stand out simply for emphasis.
One Touch of Nature has a much more fictional style, which doesn't actually fully suit its purpose of a news article. The article contains lots of metaphoric language, referring to the
Titanic as a "sea home" and a "palace". It can also be argued that this is a small example of hyperbole, where the author has really exaggerated how grand and fantastic the Titanic really is. Only the last line, "The Titanic has met and iceberg on here maiden voyage over seas" is extremely informative and fits the articles main purpose. The article also begins written in the past tense about how the Titanic was made (can be argued that this is informative, but it isn't stereo-typically written in the way a news article would be expected), and then changes in the last paragraph, and specifically the last sentence, to writing in the present tense. The Sun Says uses a present tense throughout, which helps suit its purpose of informing, as it feels as though the article is writing as it happens (or very shortly afterwards).
Both articles use a field of specific lexis that suit the subjects they are writing about. Talking about the fire in the Channel Tunnel in a negative way, The Sun Says uses lexis with negative connotations like "fear, fire blazing, toxic and disaster". Whilst One Touch of Nature uses lots of "boat" jargon, that tries to have a very positive connotation, despite the Titanic sinking being seen as a very unfortunate event. We see the article use lexis such as "voyage, floating, iceberg, seas".
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