<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The present article documents a diachronic decline in syntactic complexity in manuscript-based radio news on the primary Danish public service channel, DR, from 1946 to 2006. This decline corresponds to a general shift in radio news language from a traditional formal news style to a modern news style based on the principles of natural spoken language. It is, however, hard to assess whether the syntactic changes have had an effect on how easy or difficult it is to understand what is being said on DR – a topic that has been frequently and fervently debated in the Danish press.</p></abstract>

The present article documents a diachronic decline in syntactic complexity in manuscript-based radio news on the primary Danish public service channel, DR, from 1946 to 2006. This decline corresponds to a general shift in radio news language from a traditional formal news style to a modern news style based on the principles of natural spoken language. It is, however, hard to assess whether the syntactic changes have had an effect on how easy or difficult it is to understand what is being said on DR – a topic that has been frequently and fervently debated in the Danish press.

Syntactic Complexity in Danish Radio News

Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Centre for Journalism, Department of Political Science and Public Management, University of Southern Denmark

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The present article documents a diachronic decline in syntactic complexity in manuscript-based radio news on the primary Danish public service channel, DR,...

Syntactic Complexity in Danish Radio News

Published Online: Jan 30, 2017

Page range: 93 - 109

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nor-2017-0107

Keywords
radio news, public service, syntax, cognition, comprehension, discourse

© 2011 Jonas Nygaard Blom, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Syntactic Complexity in Danish Radio News

Published Online: Jan 30, 2017

Page range: 93 - 109

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nor-2017-0107

Keywordsradio news, public service, syntax, cognition, comprehension, discourse

© 2011 Jonas Nygaard Blom, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
radio news, public service, syntax, cognition, comprehension, discourse